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The first woman on the Supreme Court gave the appearance of positive change — but she was a tool of the instutition

The late Supreme Court justice eloquently defended property rights and state autonomy.

Justice O’Connor played a pivotal role when issues like abortion, affirmative action, gender discrimination, and voting rights took center stage in American politics.

O’Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, died Friday. She is more commonly known as an Arizonan, but she graduated high school in Texas and multiple schools here now bear her name.

First female justice of the US supreme court who cast the deciding vote in many of its most controversial cases

The former justice served from 1981 until 2006, during a time of transition for the nation’s highest court.

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday at age 93, according to a statement from the Supreme Court. O’Connor, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, served more than two decades on the court before retiring in 2006. The announcement from…

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died

O’Connor became the first woman to be appointed the Supreme Court in 1981, paving the way for future female justices