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Sandra Day O'Connor: A Career Retrospective 30 Years After Her Swearing-In

A look back at the rise and tenure of the first female Supreme Court justice, sworn in thirty years ago, September 25, 1981.

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August 11, 2009

"It's nice to keep your hand in a bit."

- SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR,former Supreme Court Justice, who has been filling in as a substitute federal judge across the country
January 26, 2007

"The word I would use to describe my position on the bench is lonely... I didn't realize how much I would miss [Sandra Day O'Connor] until she was gone."

- SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURGafter a year as the only female Justice on the nine-member court
May 14, 2008

"Our nation certainly is ready to get deadly serious about this deadly disease. "

- Retired Justice SANDRA DAY O'CONNORurging Congress to speed research and aid to fight the epidemic of Alzheimer's — the mind-destroying illness that her husband suffers from

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