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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Tanya Benedicto Klich

Sandra Day O'Connor, the First Woman to Ever Serve the Supreme Court, Has Died

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in her offices at the United States Supreme Court on January 23, 2007 in Washington, D.C.

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to ever serve America’s highest court, has died. She was 93. 

A release from the Supreme Court says she died in Phoenix on Friday due to complications from dementia and a respiratory illness. She retired from public life in 2018 when she announced her diagnosis. 

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