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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor paved a path for women on the Supreme Court

2003 AP

One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight.

The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices.

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