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Remembering Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023) was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. She wrote several memoirs about her time on the Court and about growing up in rural Arizona.

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  • Out of Order

    Stories From the History of the Supreme Court

    O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
    Justice O'Connor writes here about some of the landmark changes, unique customs, and remarkable people who served on the Court and helped to shape the history of the institution, and of America as a whole. Out of Order sheds light on the…
    BookNew York : Random House, c2013. — 347.7326 OCONNOR
  • Sisters in Law

    How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World

    Hirshman, Linda, 1944-
    The relationship between Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg--Republican and Democrat, Christian and Jew, western rancher's daughter and Brooklyn girl--transcends party, religion, region, and culture. Strengthened by each other's…
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015] — 347.7326 HIRSHMAN
  • Finding Susie

    Sandra Day O'Connor ; Illustrated by Tom Pohrt

    O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
    On a ranch in the American Southwest, Sandra longs for a pet but each time she tries to adopt a wild animal, she concludes that it will be better off where it belongs.
    Picture BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. — J PICTURE O'CONNOR
  • First

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    Thomas, Evan, 1951-
    Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor--by New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2019] — B O'CONNOR
  • Sandra Day O'Connor

    How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice

    Biskupic, Joan
    From O'Connor's isolated upbringing on the Lazy B ranch in Arizona through her time as a state legislator to her rise as a justice -- along the way confronting her own personal challenges and crises, including breast cancer -- Biskupic…
    BookNew York : ECCO, c2005. — B O'CONNOR
  • For 191 years, the Supreme Court of the United States was populated only by men. When President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover…
    DVD[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021] — DVD B O'CONNOR
  • The Majesty of the Law

    Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice

    O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
    In The Majesty of the Law, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor explores the law, her life as a Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins…
    BookNew York : Random House, c2003. — 347.7326 OCONNOR
  • Lazy B

    Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest

    O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
    What was it in Sandra Day O'Connor's background and early life that helped make her the woman she is today-the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and one of the most powerful women in America? In this beautiful, illuminating,…
    BookNew York : Random House, c2002. — B O'CONNOR
  • A biography of Sandra Day O'Connor who, in 1981, became the first woman appointed as Supreme Court justice.
    BookBrookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2003. — J B O'CONNOR