Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O’Connor who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation’s first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo, File)

WASHINGTON — Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, has died. She was 93.

The court says she died in Phoenix on Friday, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness.