Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman and the 102nd person to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sandra Day O'Connor was born on March 26, 1930; she grew up in El Paso, Texas. She grew up on her family's ranch in Arizona. Mrs. O'Connor had a sister Ann and a brother Alan. On the ranch, Mrs. O'Connor's father taught her to drive a tractor, ride a horse, shoot a rifle, and brand cows. …
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…v. Wade that made abortion legal for women. In 1997, she ruled against another privacy issue, a fatally ill patient's right to die through a physician- assisted suicide. (Encyclopedia of world biography) Throughout many issues before the court, O'Connor stayed true to her court, joining her other member conservatives in all of the decisions in 1997. Although her decisions have not always been popular with feminists, she has served as an excellent role model to women everywhere.