Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor is a retired associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court and was the first female Majority leader in the Arizona Senate. She grew up near the Arizona-New Mexico border on her family’s Lazy B Ranch. Before participating in a discussion on the women of the American West, she revealed which of her colleagues on the bench told the best stories and the best way to separate a farm animal from the pack in the What …

The Women of the American West Don’t Take No for an Answer

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez on Being Historic ‘Firsts’—and Native Arizonans

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez both grew up in rural Arizona. Both went on to become lawyers. And both were historic “firsts.” O’Connor …