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Date Sandra Day O'Conner was born
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Sandra Day O'Conner's Life
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Graduating form Stanford Law School
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Married John Jay O'Conner
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She has three sons: Scott, Brian, and Jay
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• She was a state judge for Arizona before she was a supreme court justice
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She was sworn in on September 25, 1981 by President Ronald Regan
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• She was the first female member of the Supreme Court.
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Many of her cases were about abortion, crimes, and laws
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• O'Connor joined the majority in holding that New Jersey violated the Boy Scouts' freedom of association by prohibiting it from discriminating against its troop leaders on the basis of sexual orientation.
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• O'Connor joined the majority in holding that New Jersey violated the Boy Scouts' freedom of association by prohibiting it from discriminating against its troop leaders on the basis of sexual orientation.
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• In 2001 the Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the second most powerful woman in America
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• In 2001 the Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the second most powerful woman in America
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• In 2004 in Forbes magazine she was ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world
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• In 2004 in Forbes magazine she was ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world
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After leaving court she served as a member of the Iraq Study Group
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• After she retired in 2009 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The highest civilian honor of the United States. It was awarded to her by President Barack Obama
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• John Jay O'Conner died in 2009 from Alzheimer's disease at age 79