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A 4 page overview of the life and accomplishments of this Supreme Court Justice. This paper provides a recap of O’Connor’s life before she reached the Supreme Court and a brief outline of her stances on a couple of key issues once there. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: AM2_PPoconnr.rtf
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In 1981 history was made with the swearing in of Sandra Day OConnor as a justice on the Supreme Court. OConnor became the first female justice to every serve
on the Court. To further complicate matters, she was the youngest Justice on the Court at the time. At age 51 she was some six years younger than
the youngest Justice currently serving in fact (Marie, 1985). With the distinction of her sex and her age OConnor took on not only the customary duties of a Justice
but also the task of proving that a woman, and a relatively young woman at that, was indeed capable of performing the job.
OConnors early childhood was spent on her familys ranch in southeastern Arizona (Marie, 1985). Even then she was accustomed to paving her way into territory that to
many would be unfamiliar and slightly discouraging. Her brother and sister were considerably older than her so, in effect, she lived the life of an only child. It
was a life replete with distinctions, however. Even her pets were unusual. Instead of the customary cat and dog, OConnor talks of having a bobcat and javelinas as
pets (Marie, 1985). She rode horseback and even learned to drive a car by the age of seven and a truck and tractor by the age of ten (Marie,
1985). Reading was another favorite activity (Marie, 1985). When she reached school age OConnor, as a result of the sparcity
of schools in the area of the ranch, was sent off to live with her maternal grandmother and to attend school in El Paso Texas (Marie, 1985). She remained
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