SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR 1930 U.S SUPREME COURT JUSTICE O'CONNOR SANDRA DAY 1930 U.S GOV'T JUDICIAL U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION SANDRA O'CONNOR SANDRA DAY WAS BORN IN EL PASO TEXAS SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IN 1952 AND MARRIED FELLOW LAW STUDENT JOHN O'CONNOR THAT SAME YEAR SHE LATER MOVED TO ARIZONA WHERE SHE BECAME AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 1965 IN 1969 SHE WAS APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE ARIZONA STATE SENATE FROM 1974 TO 1979 O'CONNOR SERVED AS A JUDGE IN THE MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SHE WAS APPOINTED TO THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS IN 1979 IN 1981 PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN NOMINATED O'CONNOR TO THE U.S SUPREME COURT SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
