Sandra Day O'Connor Nominated: First Woman on the Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, shattering a two-century glass ceiling that barred women from the nation's highest judicial bench. Her confirmation immediately altered the court's composition and sparked a decades-long surge in female legal representation across federal courts.
July 7, 1981
45 years ago
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President of the United States
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Ronald Reagan
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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President
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Ronald Reagan
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William McKinley
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Hawaii
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Territory of Hawaii
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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Republic of Hawaii
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Newlands Resolution
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Anexação do Havaí
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