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Breaking: Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on U.S. Supreme Court, Dies At 93

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

She was 93.

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NBC News reports:

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court’s center for more than a generation, died Friday, the court said in a statement.

Her cause of death was complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. She was 93.

Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement that O'Connor "blazed an historic trail as our nation's first female justice."

He said the justices "mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education."

O'Connor was born in El Paso, TX, in 1930 and grew up on a ranch in Arizona. She enrolled in Stanford University at the age of 16, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics in 1950, and went to Stanford Law in 1952.

O'Connor served as assistant Attorney General of Arizona from 1965 to 1969, and Senator for two terms starting in 1970. She returned to Arizona and the Maricopa County Superior Court from 1975 to 1979, and then went to the Arizona State Court of Appeals from 1979 until appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1981.

O'Connor served on the Supreme Court from 1981 until her retirement in 2005 under President George W. Bush.

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It was an historical appointment, and a campaign promise Reagan fulfilled.

O'Connor was more moderate, as NBC notes:

She sometimes sided with the court’s conservatives, approving taxpayer-funded vouchers for students at religious schools, voting to end the 2000 Florida recount between George W. Bush and Al Gore, and advocating for states’ rights against federal control.

But she joined with the court’s liberals in upholding affirmative action in college admissions, approving the creation of more congressional districts with African-American voters in the majority, and keeping a wall of separation between government and religion.

But her record of service, regardless of whether or not you agree with her rulings, is unimpeachable.

Yes, thank you for your service.

She died of complications from dementia and respiratory illness, and had battled Alzheimer's for years.

Her mark on history is indelible.

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They always come in threes, and these are three big ones.

Grassley voted for her appointment in 1981.

She was the ultimate swing vote on SCOTUS for many, many years.

192 years, and Reagan changed history.

She was an inspiration to women in law and politics.

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An absolute legend.

The full tweet reads:

She was smart, strong, determined,  a ceiling breaker, a break down the door type woman. She was a role model to me and an inspiration. She was a devoted wife and mother, as well. In our last conversation she asked me,  what are you doing that’s new, that’s different? She kept pushing me to do more. To work harder. Knock down more doors. Thank you Justice O’Connor for paving the way, in so many ways!

She was an Arizona and American icon.

It took 44 years for another Senate Majority leader in Arizona. O'Connor was ahead of her time.

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While serving on the Supreme Court, O'Connor underwent successful treatment for breast cancer. Her decision to retire in 2005 was, in part, to care for her husband John, who also had Alzheimer's. John died in 2009 at age 79. O'Connor herself stepped away from public life in 2018 when her health deteriorated.

O'Connor is survived by her three sons -- Brian, Jay, Scott -- as well as her brother Alan Day and six grandchildren.

Our condolences to her family, friends, and loved ones.

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