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	Sandra Day was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], the daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a [[ranch]]er, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).<ref>See {{cite web \|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sandra_day_oconnor \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|website=Oyez}}</ref> She grew up on a 198,000-acre [[cattle ranch]] near [[Duncan, Arizona]].<ref name=":5" /> The ranch was nine miles from the nearest paved road.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/04/sandra-day-oconnor-guns-assault-weapons\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor on Growing Up with Guns and Her Views on Assault Weapons\|last=Heilpern\|first=John\|date=April 2013\|work=The Hive\|access-date=August 24, 2017\|language=en}}</ref> The family home did not have running water or electricity until Sandra was seven years old.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Kamen\|first1=Al\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|date=June 11, 1989\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> As a youth she owned a .22-caliber rifle and would shoot coyotes and jackrabbits.<ref name=":6" /> She began driving as soon as she could see over the dashboard and had to learn to change flat tires herself.<ref name=":5">"Book Discussion on ''Sisters in Law''{{-"}} Presenter: Linda Hirshman, author. Politics and Prose Bookstore. BookTV, Washington. September 3, 2015. 13 minutes in. Retrieved September 12, 2015 [http://www.c-span.org/video/?327947-1/linda-hirshman-sisters-law C-Span website]</ref><ref name=":6" /> Sandra had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, respectively eight and ten years her junior.<ref name=":11" /> Her sister was [[Ann Day]], who served in the [[Arizona Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|title=Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day dies at the age of 77\|first=News 4 Tucson\|last=Staff\|access-date=May 8, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509113130/http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|archive-date=May 9, 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later wrote a book with her brother, H. Alan Day, ''Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American West'' (2002), about her childhood experiences on the ranch. For most of her early schooling, Day lived in El Paso with her [[grandparent\|maternal grandmother]],<ref name=":11" /> and attended school at the Radford School for Girls, a private school.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/history/blogs/tales-from-the-morgue/2008/07/11/radfords-most-famous-alum/31477437/\|title=Radford's most famous alumna drops in for a talk\|last=Scanlon\|first=Michael\|date=May 13, 1987\|website=El Paso Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The family cattle ranch was too far from any schools, although Day was able to return to the ranch for holidays and the summer.<ref name=":11" /> Day spent her eighth-grade year living at the ranch and riding a bus 32 miles to school.<ref name=":11" /> She graduated sixth in her class at [[Austin High School (El Paso, Texas)\|Austin High School]] in [[El Paso]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/morgue/2008/07/hometown-star-4.html \|title=Hometown stars – Sandra Day O'Connor \|date=July 2, 2005 \|first=Diana \|last=Washington Valdez \|work=El Paso Times \|access-date=December 19, 2010 }}</ref>		Sandra Day was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], the daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a [[ranch]]er, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).<ref>See {{cite web \|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sandra_day_oconnor \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|website=Oyez}}</ref> She grew up on a 198,000-acre [[cattle ranch]] near [[Duncan, Arizona]].<ref name=":5" /> The ranch was nine miles from the nearest paved road.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/04/sandra-day-oconnor-guns-assault-weapons\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor on Growing Up with Guns and Her Views on Assault Weapons\|last=Heilpern\|first=John\|date=April 2013\|work=The Hive\|access-date=August 24, 2017\|language=en}}</ref> The family home did not have running water or electricity until Sandra was seven years old.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Kamen\|first1=Al\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|date=June 11, 1989\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> As a youth she owned a .22-caliber rifle and would shoot coyotes and jackrabbits.<ref name=":6" /> She began driving as soon as she could see over the dashboard and had to learn to change flat tires herself.<ref name=":5">"Book Discussion on ''Sisters in Law''{{-"}} Presenter: Linda Hirshman, author. Politics and Prose Bookstore. BookTV, Washington. September 3, 2015. 13 minutes in. Retrieved September 12, 2015 [http://www.c-span.org/video/?327947-1/linda-hirshman-sisters-law C-Span website]</ref><ref name=":6" /> Sandra had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, respectively eight and ten years her junior.<ref name=":11" /> Her sister was [[Ann Day]], who served in the [[Arizona Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|title=Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day dies at the age of 77\|first=News 4 Tucson\|last=Staff\|access-date=May 8, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509113130/http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|archive-date=May 9, 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later wrote a book with her brother, H. Alan Day, ''Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American West'' (2002), about her childhood experiences on the ranch. For most of her early schooling, Day lived in El Paso with her [[grandparent\|maternal grandmother]],<ref name=":11" /> and attended school at the Radford School for Girls, a private school.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/history/blogs/tales-from-the-morgue/2008/07/11/radfords-most-famous-alum/31477437/\|title=Radford's most famous alumna drops in for a talk\|last=Scanlon\|first=Michael\|date=May 13, 1987\|website=El Paso Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The family cattle ranch was too far from any schools, although Day was able to return to the ranch for holidays and the summer.<ref name=":11" /> Day spent her eighth-grade year living at the ranch and riding a bus 32 miles to school.<ref name=":11" /> She graduated sixth in her class at [[Austin High School (El Paso, Texas)\|Austin High School]] in [[El Paso]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/morgue/2008/07/hometown-star-4.html \|title=Hometown stars – Sandra Day O'Connor \|date=July 2, 2005 \|first=Diana \|last=Washington Valdez \|work=El Paso Times \|access-date=December 19, 2010 }}</ref>

	When she was 16 years old, Day enrolled at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite book\|last=Thomas\|first=Evan\|title=First: Sandra Day O'Connor\|publisher=Random House\|year=2019\|isbn=9780399589287\|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp\|25}} She graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in [[economics]] in 1950.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web\|url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=33312\|title=Front and Center\|last=Cool\|first=Kevin\|date=January 1, 2006\|website=Stanford Alumni Magazine\|publisher=[[Stanford University]]\|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> She continued at [[Stanford Law School]] for her law degree in 1952.<ref name=":14" /> There, she served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'' with its presiding editor-in-chief, future [[Chief Justice of the United States\|Supreme Court chief justice]] [[William Rehnquist]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|publisher=Fox News Channel \|title=Transcript: O'Connor on Fox \|date=July 1, 2005 \|access-date=December 18, 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523084030/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|archive-date=May 23, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Day and Rehnquist dated in 1950.<ref name="Biskupic-SDO">[[Joan Biskupic\|Biskupic, Joan]]. ''Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice''. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.</ref~~><ref name=":17" /~~> Although the relationship ended before Rehnquist graduated early and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], he wrote to her in 1951 and proposed marriage.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|37; 42}} Day did not accept the proposal from Rehnquist, one of four she received while a student at Stanford.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|34}} Day was Order of the Coif, indicating she was in the top 10 percent of her class.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|43}}{{efn\|She has stated that she graduated third in her law school class,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|title=Q & A: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106204408/https://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|archive-date=November 6, 2018 \|work=[[Amplify (company)\|amplify.com]] \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref> though Stanford's official position is that the law school did not rank students in 1952.<ref name="Kornmiller">{{cite web \|first=Debbie \|last=Kornmiller \|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206182451/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-date=December 6, 2005 \|title=O'Connor's class rank an error that will not die \|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] \|date=July 10, 2005 \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref>}} O'Connor was also made an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] by the [[College of William and Mary]] in 2008.		When she was 16 years old, Day enrolled at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite book\|last=Thomas\|first=Evan\|title=First: Sandra Day O'Connor\|publisher=Random House\|year=2019\|isbn=9780399589287\|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp\|25}} She graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in [[economics]] in 1950.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web\|url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=33312\|title=Front and Center\|last=Cool\|first=Kevin\|date=January 1, 2006\|website=Stanford Alumni Magazine\|publisher=[[Stanford University]]\|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> She continued at [[Stanford Law School]] for her law degree in 1952.<ref name=":14" /> There, she served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'' with its presiding editor-in-chief, future [[Chief Justice of the United States\|Supreme Court chief justice]] [[William Rehnquist]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|publisher=Fox News Channel \|title=Transcript: O'Connor on Fox \|date=July 1, 2005 \|access-date=December 18, 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523084030/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|archive-date=May 23, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Day and Rehnquist dated in 1950.<ref name=":17" /><ref name="Biskupic-SDO">[[Joan Biskupic\|Biskupic, Joan]]. ''Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice''. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.</ref> Although the relationship ended before Rehnquist graduated early and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], he wrote to her in 1951 and proposed marriage.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|37; 42}} Day did not accept the proposal from Rehnquist, one of four she received while a student at Stanford.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|34}} Day was Order of the Coif, indicating she was in the top 10 percent of her class.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|43}}{{efn\|She has stated that she graduated third in her law school class,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|title=Q & A: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106204408/https://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|archive-date=November 6, 2018 \|work=[[Amplify (company)\|amplify.com]] \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref> though Stanford's official position is that the law school did not rank students in 1952.<ref name="Kornmiller">{{cite web \|first=Debbie \|last=Kornmiller \|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206182451/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-date=December 6, 2005 \|title=O'Connor's class rank an error that will not die \|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] \|date=July 10, 2005 \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref>}} O'Connor was also made an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] by the [[College of William and Mary]] in 2008.

	== Early career and marriage ==		== Early career and marriage ==
	While in her final year at Stanford Law School, Day began dating [[John Jay O'Connor\|John Jay O'Connor III]] who was one class year behind her.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|39–40}} Six months after her graduation, on December 20, 1952, Day and O'Connor married at her family's ranch.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/sandra-day-o-connor-s-peninsula-ties/article_f6d00d70-67a5-11e8-9bc3-a33b5eb945f0.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor's Peninsula Ties\|work=San Mateo Daily Journal\|access-date=2018-06-04\|language=en}}</ref>~~<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|50–51}}~~		While in her final year at Stanford Law School, Day began dating [[John Jay O'Connor\|John Jay O'Connor III]] who was one class year behind her.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|39–40}} Six months after her graduation, on December 20, 1952, Day and O'Connor married at her family's ranch.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|50–51}}<ref name=":15">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/sandra-day-o-connor-s-peninsula-ties/article_f6d00d70-67a5-11e8-9bc3-a33b5eb945f0.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor's Peninsula Ties\|work=San Mateo Daily Journal\|access-date=2018-06-04\|language=en}}</ref>

	Upon graduation from law school O'Connor had difficulty finding a paying job as an attorney because of her gender.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/sandra-day-oconnor-dementia-alzheimers.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Reveals Dementia Diagnosis\|last=Haag\|first=Matt\|date=October 23, 2018\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=October 26, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> O'Connor found employment as a deputy county attorney in [[San Mateo, California]], after she offered to work for no salary and without an office, sharing space with a secretary.<ref name="freshair">{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/05/172982275/out-of-order-at-the-court-oconnor-on-being-the-first-female-justice\|title='Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice\|date=March 5, 2013\|publisher=Fresh Air\|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> After a few months she began drawing a small salary as she performed legal research and wrote memos.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|52}} She worked with San Mateo County district attorney Louis Dematteis and deputy district attorney Keith Sorensen.<ref name=":15" />		Upon graduation from law school O'Connor had difficulty finding a paying job as an attorney because of her gender.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/sandra-day-oconnor-dementia-alzheimers.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Reveals Dementia Diagnosis\|last=Haag\|first=Matt\|date=October 23, 2018\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=October 26, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> O'Connor found employment as a deputy county attorney in [[San Mateo, California]], after she offered to work for no salary and without an office, sharing space with a secretary.<ref name="freshair">{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/05/172982275/out-of-order-at-the-court-oconnor-on-being-the-first-female-justice\|title='Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice\|date=March 5, 2013\|publisher=Fresh Air\|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> After a few months she began drawing a small salary as she performed legal research and wrote memos.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|52}} She worked with San Mateo County district attorney Louis Dematteis and deputy district attorney Keith Sorensen.<ref name=":15" />

	When her husband was drafted, O'Connor decided to pick up and go with him to work in [[Germany]] as a civilian attorney for the Army's [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)\|Quartermaster Corps]].<ref>Baughman, J. (Ed.). (2001). O'Connor, Sandra Day 1930–. American Decades, 9. September 21, 2016.</ref> They remained there for three years before returning to the states where they settled in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], to begin their family. They had three sons: Scott (born 1958), Brian (born 1960), and Jay (born 1962).<ref name=":0">{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111119571.html\|title=John J. O'Connor III, 79; husband of Supreme Court justice\|date=November 12, 2009\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref~~><ref name=":11" /~~> Following Brian's birth, O'Connor took a five-year hiatus from the practice of law.<ref name=":11" />		When her husband was drafted, O'Connor decided to pick up and go with him to work in [[Germany]] as a civilian attorney for the Army's [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)\|Quartermaster Corps]].<ref>Baughman, J. (Ed.). (2001). O'Connor, Sandra Day 1930–. American Decades, 9. September 21, 2016.</ref> They remained there for three years before returning to the states where they settled in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], to begin their family. They had three sons: Scott (born 1958), Brian (born 1960), and Jay (born 1962).<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":0">{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111119571.html\|title=John J. O'Connor III, 79; husband of Supreme Court justice\|date=November 12, 2009\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> Following Brian's birth, O'Connor took a five-year hiatus from the practice of law.<ref name=":11" />

	She volunteered in various political organizations, such as the Maricopa County Young Republicans, and served on the presidential campaign for Arizona Senator [[Barry Goldwater\|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref>Phelps, S. (Ed.). (2002). O'Connor, Sandra Day (1930 – ). World of Criminal Justice, September 20, 2016.</ref~~><ref name=":11" /~~>		She volunteered in various political organizations, such as the Maricopa County Young Republicans, and served on the presidential campaign for Arizona Senator [[Barry Goldwater\|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref name=":11" /><ref>Phelps, S. (Ed.). (2002). O'Connor, Sandra Day (1930 – ). World of Criminal Justice, September 20, 2016.</ref>

	O'Connor served as assistant [[Attorney General of Arizona]] from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=":11" /> In 1969, the governor of Arizona appointed O'Connor to fill a vacancy in the [[Arizona Senate]].<ref name=":11" /> She ran for and won the election for the seat the following year.<ref name=":11" /> By 1973, she became the first woman to serve as Arizona's or any state's [[Majority leader\|Majority Leader]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|title=LAPR – State Library of Arizona\|website=apps.azlibrary.gov\|access-date=March 31, 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102422/http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Williams\|first1=Marjorie\|date=March 29, 2016\|work=The Washington Post\|access-date=2017-03-31\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She developed a reputation as a skilled negotiator and a moderate. After serving two full terms, O'Connor decided to leave the Senate.<ref name=":1" />		O'Connor served as assistant [[Attorney General of Arizona]] from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=":11" /> In 1969, the governor of Arizona appointed O'Connor to fill a vacancy in the [[Arizona Senate]].<ref name=":11" /> She ran for and won the election for the seat the following year.<ref name=":11" /> By 1973, she became the first woman to serve as Arizona's or any state's [[Majority leader\|Majority Leader]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|title=LAPR – State Library of Arizona\|website=apps.azlibrary.gov\|access-date=March 31, 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102422/http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Williams\|first1=Marjorie\|date=March 29, 2016\|work=The Washington Post\|access-date=2017-03-31\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She developed a reputation as a skilled negotiator and a moderate. After serving two full terms, O'Connor decided to leave the Senate.<ref name=":1" />
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	Since 2006, she has been a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/oconnor.bio.clr.html \|website=cornell.edu \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=O'Connor to Join Foundation Board \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/oconnor-to-join-foundation-board.html \|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=April 4, 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>		Since 2006, she has been a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/oconnor.bio.clr.html \|website=cornell.edu \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=O'Connor to Join Foundation Board \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/oconnor-to-join-foundation-board.html \|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=April 4, 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>

	On October 4, 2005, the [[College of William & Mary]] announced that O'Connor had accepted<ref>{{cite web\|title=The College of William and Mary announcement of O'Connor's appointment to Chancellor post\| url=http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=5234&readMore=true\|access-date=November 18, 2005}}</ref> the largely ceremonial role of becoming the 23rd Chancellor of the College. O'Connor continued in the role until 2012.<ref name="Whitson">{{cite web\|last=Whitson\|first=Brian\|title=Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates '65 to Serve as W&M Chancellor\|url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-65-to-serve-as-wm-chancellor-123.php\|publisher=College of William & Mary\|access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref~~><ref name=":16" /~~>		On October 4, 2005, the [[College of William & Mary]] announced that O'Connor had accepted<ref>{{cite web\|title=The College of William and Mary announcement of O'Connor's appointment to Chancellor post\| url=http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=5234&readMore=true\|access-date=November 18, 2005}}</ref> the largely ceremonial role of becoming the 23rd Chancellor of the College. O'Connor continued in the role until 2012.<ref name=":16" /><ref name="Whitson">{{cite web\|last=Whitson\|first=Brian\|title=Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates '65 to Serve as W&M Chancellor\|url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-65-to-serve-as-wm-chancellor-123.php\|publisher=College of William & Mary\|access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref>

	O'Connor was a member of the 2006 [[Iraq Study Group]], appointed by the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Iraq Study Group Members\|url=http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html\| access-date=November 10, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061108223545/http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = November 8, 2006}}</ref>		O'Connor was a member of the 2006 [[Iraq Study Group]], appointed by the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Iraq Study Group Members\|url=http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html\| access-date=November 10, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061108223545/http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = November 8, 2006}}</ref>

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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|Arizona\|Biography\|Law\|Politics}}~~
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	* [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States]]		* [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States]]

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	Sandra Day was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], the daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a [[ranch]]er, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).<ref>See {{cite web \|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sandra_day_oconnor \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|website=Oyez}}</ref> She grew up on a 198,000-acre [[cattle ranch]] near [[Duncan, Arizona]].<ref name=":5" /> The ranch was nine miles from the nearest paved road.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/04/sandra-day-oconnor-guns-assault-weapons\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor on Growing Up with Guns and Her Views on Assault Weapons\|last=Heilpern\|first=John\|date=April 2013\|work=The Hive\|access-date=August 24, 2017\|language=en}}</ref> The family home did not have running water or electricity until Sandra was seven years old.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Kamen\|first1=Al\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|date=June 11, 1989\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> As a youth she owned a .22-caliber rifle and would shoot coyotes and jackrabbits.<ref name=":6" /> She began driving as soon as she could see over the dashboard and had to learn to change flat tires herself.<ref name=":5">"Book Discussion on ''Sisters in Law''{{-"}} Presenter: Linda Hirshman, author. Politics and Prose Bookstore. BookTV, Washington. September 3, 2015. 13 minutes in. Retrieved September 12, 2015 [http://www.c-span.org/video/?327947-1/linda-hirshman-sisters-law C-Span website]</ref><ref name=":6" /> Sandra had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, respectively eight and ten years her junior.<ref name=":11" /> Her sister was [[Ann Day]], who served in the [[Arizona Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|title=Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day dies at the age of 77\|first=News 4 Tucson\|last=Staff\|access-date=May 8, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509113130/http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|archive-date=May 9, 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later wrote a book with her brother, H. Alan Day, ''Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American West'' (2002), about her childhood experiences on the ranch. For most of her early schooling, Day lived in El Paso with her [[grandparent\|maternal grandmother]],<ref name=":11" /> and attended school at the Radford School for Girls, a private school.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/history/blogs/tales-from-the-morgue/2008/07/11/radfords-most-famous-alum/31477437/\|title=Radford's most famous alumna drops in for a talk\|last=Scanlon\|first=Michael\|date=May 13, 1987\|website=El Paso Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The family cattle ranch was too far from any schools, although Day was able to return to the ranch for holidays and the summer.<ref name=":11" /> Day spent her eighth-grade year living at the ranch and riding a bus 32 miles to school.<ref name=":11" /> She graduated sixth in her class at [[Austin High School (El Paso, Texas)\|Austin High School]] in [[El Paso]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/morgue/2008/07/hometown-star-4.html \|title=Hometown stars – Sandra Day O'Connor \|date=July 2, 2005 \|first=Diana \|last=Washington Valdez \|work=El Paso Times \|access-date=December 19, 2010 }}</ref>		Sandra Day was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], the daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a [[ranch]]er, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).<ref>See {{cite web \|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sandra_day_oconnor \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|website=Oyez}}</ref> She grew up on a 198,000-acre [[cattle ranch]] near [[Duncan, Arizona]].<ref name=":5" /> The ranch was nine miles from the nearest paved road.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/04/sandra-day-oconnor-guns-assault-weapons\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor on Growing Up with Guns and Her Views on Assault Weapons\|last=Heilpern\|first=John\|date=April 2013\|work=The Hive\|access-date=August 24, 2017\|language=en}}</ref> The family home did not have running water or electricity until Sandra was seven years old.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Kamen\|first1=Al\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|date=June 11, 1989\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> As a youth she owned a .22-caliber rifle and would shoot coyotes and jackrabbits.<ref name=":6" /> She began driving as soon as she could see over the dashboard and had to learn to change flat tires herself.<ref name=":5">"Book Discussion on ''Sisters in Law''{{-"}} Presenter: Linda Hirshman, author. Politics and Prose Bookstore. BookTV, Washington. September 3, 2015. 13 minutes in. Retrieved September 12, 2015 [http://www.c-span.org/video/?327947-1/linda-hirshman-sisters-law C-Span website]</ref><ref name=":6" /> Sandra had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, respectively eight and ten years her junior.<ref name=":11" /> Her sister was [[Ann Day]], who served in the [[Arizona Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|title=Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day dies at the age of 77\|first=News 4 Tucson\|last=Staff\|access-date=May 8, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509113130/http://www.kvoa.com/story/31916809/ann-day-dies-at-the-age-of-77\|archive-date=May 9, 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later wrote a book with her brother, H. Alan Day, ''Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American West'' (2002), about her childhood experiences on the ranch. For most of her early schooling, Day lived in El Paso with her [[grandparent\|maternal grandmother]],<ref name=":11" /> and attended school at the Radford School for Girls, a private school.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/history/blogs/tales-from-the-morgue/2008/07/11/radfords-most-famous-alum/31477437/\|title=Radford's most famous alumna drops in for a talk\|last=Scanlon\|first=Michael\|date=May 13, 1987\|website=El Paso Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The family cattle ranch was too far from any schools, although Day was able to return to the ranch for holidays and the summer.<ref name=":11" /> Day spent her eighth-grade year living at the ranch and riding a bus 32 miles to school.<ref name=":11" /> She graduated sixth in her class at [[Austin High School (El Paso, Texas)\|Austin High School]] in [[El Paso]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/morgue/2008/07/hometown-star-4.html \|title=Hometown stars – Sandra Day O'Connor \|date=July 2, 2005 \|first=Diana \|last=Washington Valdez \|work=El Paso Times \|access-date=December 19, 2010 }}</ref>

	When she was 16 years old, Day enrolled at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite book\|last=Thomas\|first=Evan\|title=First: Sandra Day O'Connor\|publisher=Random House\|year=2019\|isbn=9780399589287\|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp\|25}} She graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in [[economics]] in 1950.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web\|url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=33312\|title=Front and Center\|last=Cool\|first=Kevin\|date=January 1, 2006\|website=Stanford Alumni Magazine\|publisher=[[Stanford University]]\|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> She continued at [[Stanford Law School]] for her law degree in 1952.<ref name=":14" /> There, she served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'' with its presiding editor-in-chief, future [[Chief Justice of the United States\|Supreme Court chief justice]] [[William Rehnquist]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|publisher=Fox News Channel \|title=Transcript: O'Connor on Fox \|date=July 1, 2005 \|access-date=December 18, 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523084030/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|archive-date=May 23, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Day and Rehnquist dated in 1950.<ref name="Biskupic-SDO">[[Joan Biskupic\|Biskupic, Joan]]. ''Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice''. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.</ref~~><ref name=":17" /~~> Although the relationship ended before Rehnquist graduated early and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], he wrote to her in 1951 and proposed marriage.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|37; 42}} Day did not accept the proposal from Rehnquist, one of four she received while a student at Stanford.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|34}} Day was Order of the Coif, indicating she was in the top 10 percent of her class.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|43}}{{efn\|She has stated that she graduated third in her law school class,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|title=Q & A: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106204408/https://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|archive-date=November 6, 2018 \|work=[[Amplify (company)\|amplify.com]] \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref> though Stanford's official position is that the law school did not rank students in 1952.<ref name="Kornmiller">{{cite web \|first=Debbie \|last=Kornmiller \|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206182451/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-date=December 6, 2005 \|title=O'Connor's class rank an error that will not die \|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] \|date=July 10, 2005 \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref>}} O'Connor was also made an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] by the [[College of William and Mary]] in 2008.		When she was 16 years old, Day enrolled at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite book\|last=Thomas\|first=Evan\|title=First: Sandra Day O'Connor\|publisher=Random House\|year=2019\|isbn=9780399589287\|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp\|25}} She graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in [[economics]] in 1950.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web\|url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=33312\|title=Front and Center\|last=Cool\|first=Kevin\|date=January 1, 2006\|website=Stanford Alumni Magazine\|publisher=[[Stanford University]]\|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> She continued at [[Stanford Law School]] for her law degree in 1952.<ref name=":14" /> There, she served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'' with its presiding editor-in-chief, future [[Chief Justice of the United States\|Supreme Court chief justice]] [[William Rehnquist]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|publisher=Fox News Channel \|title=Transcript: O'Connor on Fox \|date=July 1, 2005 \|access-date=December 18, 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523084030/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161325,00.html \|archive-date=May 23, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Day and Rehnquist dated in 1950.<ref name=":17" /><ref name="Biskupic-SDO">[[Joan Biskupic\|Biskupic, Joan]]. ''Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice''. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.</ref> Although the relationship ended before Rehnquist graduated early and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], he wrote to her in 1951 and proposed marriage.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|37; 42}} Day did not accept the proposal from Rehnquist, one of four she received while a student at Stanford.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|34}} Day was Order of the Coif, indicating she was in the top 10 percent of her class.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|43}}{{efn\|She has stated that she graduated third in her law school class,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|title=Q & A: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106204408/https://www.amplify.com/viewpoints/q-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor \|archive-date=November 6, 2018 \|work=[[Amplify (company)\|amplify.com]] \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref> though Stanford's official position is that the law school did not rank students in 1952.<ref name="Kornmiller">{{cite web \|first=Debbie \|last=Kornmiller \|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206182451/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/advocate/83283.php \|archive-date=December 6, 2005 \|title=O'Connor's class rank an error that will not die \|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] \|date=July 10, 2005 \|access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref>}} O'Connor was also made an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] by the [[College of William and Mary]] in 2008.

	== Early career and marriage ==		== Early career and marriage ==
	While in her final year at Stanford Law School, Day began dating [[John Jay O'Connor\|John Jay O'Connor III]] who was one class year behind her.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|39–40}} Six months after her graduation, on December 20, 1952, Day and O'Connor married at her family's ranch.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/sandra-day-o-connor-s-peninsula-ties/article_f6d00d70-67a5-11e8-9bc3-a33b5eb945f0.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor's Peninsula Ties\|work=San Mateo Daily Journal\|access-date=2018-06-04\|language=en}}</ref>~~<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|50–51}}~~		While in her final year at Stanford Law School, Day began dating [[John Jay O'Connor\|John Jay O'Connor III]] who was one class year behind her.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|39–40}} Six months after her graduation, on December 20, 1952, Day and O'Connor married at her family's ranch.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|50–51}}<ref name=":15">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/sandra-day-o-connor-s-peninsula-ties/article_f6d00d70-67a5-11e8-9bc3-a33b5eb945f0.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor's Peninsula Ties\|work=San Mateo Daily Journal\|access-date=2018-06-04\|language=en}}</ref>

	Upon graduation from law school O'Connor had difficulty finding a paying job as an attorney because of her gender.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/sandra-day-oconnor-dementia-alzheimers.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Reveals Dementia Diagnosis\|last=Haag\|first=Matt\|date=October 23, 2018\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=October 26, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> O'Connor found employment as a deputy county attorney in [[San Mateo, California]], after she offered to work for no salary and without an office, sharing space with a secretary.<ref name="freshair">{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/05/172982275/out-of-order-at-the-court-oconnor-on-being-the-first-female-justice\|title='Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice\|date=March 5, 2013\|publisher=Fresh Air\|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> After a few months she began drawing a small salary as she performed legal research and wrote memos.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|52}} She worked with San Mateo County district attorney Louis Dematteis and deputy district attorney Keith Sorensen.<ref name=":15" />		Upon graduation from law school O'Connor had difficulty finding a paying job as an attorney because of her gender.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/sandra-day-oconnor-dementia-alzheimers.html\|title=Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Reveals Dementia Diagnosis\|last=Haag\|first=Matt\|date=October 23, 2018\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=October 26, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> O'Connor found employment as a deputy county attorney in [[San Mateo, California]], after she offered to work for no salary and without an office, sharing space with a secretary.<ref name="freshair">{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/05/172982275/out-of-order-at-the-court-oconnor-on-being-the-first-female-justice\|title='Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice\|date=March 5, 2013\|publisher=Fresh Air\|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> After a few months she began drawing a small salary as she performed legal research and wrote memos.<ref name=":17" />{{Rp\|52}} She worked with San Mateo County district attorney Louis Dematteis and deputy district attorney Keith Sorensen.<ref name=":15" />

	When her husband was drafted, O'Connor decided to pick up and go with him to work in [[Germany]] as a civilian attorney for the Army's [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)\|Quartermaster Corps]].<ref>Baughman, J. (Ed.). (2001). O'Connor, Sandra Day 1930–. American Decades, 9. September 21, 2016.</ref> They remained there for three years before returning to the states where they settled in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], to begin their family. They had three sons: Scott (born 1958), Brian (born 1960), and Jay (born 1962).<ref name=":0">{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111119571.html\|title=John J. O'Connor III, 79; husband of Supreme Court justice\|date=November 12, 2009\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref~~><ref name=":11" /~~> Following Brian's birth, O'Connor took a five-year hiatus from the practice of law.<ref name=":11" />		When her husband was drafted, O'Connor decided to pick up and go with him to work in [[Germany]] as a civilian attorney for the Army's [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)\|Quartermaster Corps]].<ref>Baughman, J. (Ed.). (2001). O'Connor, Sandra Day 1930–. American Decades, 9. September 21, 2016.</ref> They remained there for three years before returning to the states where they settled in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], to begin their family. They had three sons: Scott (born 1958), Brian (born 1960), and Jay (born 1962).<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":0">{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111119571.html\|title=John J. O'Connor III, 79; husband of Supreme Court justice\|date=November 12, 2009\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> Following Brian's birth, O'Connor took a five-year hiatus from the practice of law.<ref name=":11" />

	She volunteered in various political organizations, such as the Maricopa County Young Republicans, and served on the presidential campaign for Arizona Senator [[Barry Goldwater\|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref>Phelps, S. (Ed.). (2002). O'Connor, Sandra Day (1930 – ). World of Criminal Justice, September 20, 2016.</ref~~><ref name=":11" /~~>		She volunteered in various political organizations, such as the Maricopa County Young Republicans, and served on the presidential campaign for Arizona Senator [[Barry Goldwater\|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref name=":11" /><ref>Phelps, S. (Ed.). (2002). O'Connor, Sandra Day (1930 – ). World of Criminal Justice, September 20, 2016.</ref>

	O'Connor served as assistant [[Attorney General of Arizona]] from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=":11" /> In 1969, the governor of Arizona appointed O'Connor to fill a vacancy in the [[Arizona Senate]].<ref name=":11" /> She ran for and won the election for the seat the following year.<ref name=":11" /> By 1973, she became the first woman to serve as Arizona's or any state's [[Majority leader\|Majority Leader]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|title=LAPR – State Library of Arizona\|website=apps.azlibrary.gov\|access-date=March 31, 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102422/http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Williams\|first1=Marjorie\|date=March 29, 2016\|work=The Washington Post\|access-date=2017-03-31\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She developed a reputation as a skilled negotiator and a moderate. After serving two full terms, O'Connor decided to leave the Senate.<ref name=":1" />		O'Connor served as assistant [[Attorney General of Arizona]] from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=":11" /> In 1969, the governor of Arizona appointed O'Connor to fill a vacancy in the [[Arizona Senate]].<ref name=":11" /> She ran for and won the election for the seat the following year.<ref name=":11" /> By 1973, she became the first woman to serve as Arizona's or any state's [[Majority leader\|Majority Leader]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|title=LAPR – State Library of Arizona\|website=apps.azlibrary.gov\|access-date=March 31, 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102422/http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Detail.aspx?ID=1047\|archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/how-sandra-day-oconnor-became-the-most-powerful-woman-in-1980s-america/\|title=How Sandra Day O'Connor became the most powerful woman in 1980s America\|last1=Williams\|first1=Marjorie\|date=March 29, 2016\|work=The Washington Post\|access-date=2017-03-31\|last2=Williams\|first2=Marjorie\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She developed a reputation as a skilled negotiator and a moderate. After serving two full terms, O'Connor decided to leave the Senate.<ref name=":1" />
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	Since 2006, she has been a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/oconnor.bio.clr.html \|website=cornell.edu \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=O'Connor to Join Foundation Board \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/oconnor-to-join-foundation-board.html \|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=April 4, 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>		Since 2006, she has been a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sandra Day O'Connor \|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/oconnor.bio.clr.html \|website=cornell.edu \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=O'Connor to Join Foundation Board \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/oconnor-to-join-foundation-board.html \|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=April 4, 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company \|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>

	On October 4, 2005, the [[College of William & Mary]] announced that O'Connor had accepted<ref>{{cite web\|title=The College of William and Mary announcement of O'Connor's appointment to Chancellor post\| url=http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=5234&readMore=true\|access-date=November 18, 2005}}</ref> the largely ceremonial role of becoming the 23rd Chancellor of the College. O'Connor continued in the role until 2012.<ref name="Whitson">{{cite web\|last=Whitson\|first=Brian\|title=Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates '65 to Serve as W&M Chancellor\|url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-65-to-serve-as-wm-chancellor-123.php\|publisher=College of William & Mary\|access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref~~><ref name=":16" /~~>		On October 4, 2005, the [[College of William & Mary]] announced that O'Connor had accepted<ref>{{cite web\|title=The College of William and Mary announcement of O'Connor's appointment to Chancellor post\| url=http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=5234&readMore=true\|access-date=November 18, 2005}}</ref> the largely ceremonial role of becoming the 23rd Chancellor of the College. O'Connor continued in the role until 2012.<ref name=":16" /><ref name="Whitson">{{cite web\|last=Whitson\|first=Brian\|title=Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates '65 to Serve as W&M Chancellor\|url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-65-to-serve-as-wm-chancellor-123.php\|publisher=College of William & Mary\|access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref>

	O'Connor was a member of the 2006 [[Iraq Study Group]], appointed by the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Iraq Study Group Members\|url=http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html\| access-date=November 10, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061108223545/http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = November 8, 2006}}</ref>		O'Connor was a member of the 2006 [[Iraq Study Group]], appointed by the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Iraq Study Group Members\|url=http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html\| access-date=November 10, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061108223545/http://www.usip.org/isg/members.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = November 8, 2006}}</ref>

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