
On July 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan interviewed Sandra Day O'Connor as a candidate for the United States Supreme Court. A few days later, he called her. "Sandra, I'd like to announce your nomination to the Court tomorrow. Is that all right with you?" Scared and wondering if this was a mistake, the little-known judge from Arizona was on her way to becoming the first woman justice and one of th...
Series: Women's Biography Series
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (March 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826332188
ISBN-13: 978-0826332189
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1221740
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The book was very readable, with a lot of information on how decisions are made in the Supreme Court, as well as how individuals' backgrounds influence their decisions. I recommend it to anyone with general interest in the Supreme Court....
rful women in the nation.Born in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor grew up on the Lazy B, a cattle ranch that spanned the Arizona-New Mexico border. There she learned lifelong lessons about self-reliance, hard work, and the joy of the outdoors.Ann Carey McFeatters sketches O'Connor's formative years there and at Stanford University and her inability to find a job--law firms had no interest in hiring a woman lawyer. McFeatters writes about how O'Connor juggled marriage, a career in law and politics, three sons, breast cancer, and the demands of fame.In this second volume in the Women's Biography Series, we learn how O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of religion in society, and the election of a president, decisions that shaped a generation of Americans.