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Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist and was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retir...
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On , 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States. She was confirmed by the Senate 99-0 on September 21, 1981, and took her seat -- the first time a woman had held such a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court -...
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On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice. Leran more about Justice O'Connor from the OYEZ website at Northwestern University.
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She was the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She currently serves as the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
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Wilson, the first woman on the Supreme Court of Canada and one of its most controversial and intriguing judges, died Saturday at 83 after a ... Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin called Wilson a "pioneer" in shaping the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which came into force in 1982, the very year Wilson joined the court.
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allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... Abuja — History was made yesterday as the Chief Justice of Nigeria; Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais swore in the first female Supreme Court Justice to office.
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She was indeed a majority maker, a moderate conservative and the first Supreme Court Judge to retire since 1994, giving George W. Bush his first chance to nominate a Justice of the Supreme Court by the start of the new Supreme Court term in early October, for debate and confirmation of his nomination by the US senate.
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Sandra Day O’Connor endured a great deal of gender-based prejudice before she became the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. During her years on America’s highest court, she cast the swing vote in several key cases ... No California law firm wanted to hire a female attorney, so O’Connor pursued...
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In a move likely to spark a major political fight over the future of the nation's highest court, Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced Friday she was retiring after some 24 years of service. ... Update: Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female Justice and Moderate Swing Vote, Retires 07.01.05...
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