Sandra Day O'Connor

At Stanford University, O’Connor majored in economics and graduated with magna cum laude. There she met her future husband, John Jay O’Connor III, who was also attending law school. After graduating with honors from law school in 1952, she married John O’Connor. In 1965, Sandra found work part-time

In the case in 1982 about sex discrimination, Sandra wrote the explanation that a male student could not be kicked out of nursing school because of his gender. In the 1989 case Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services, O’Connor gained much attention. The decision limited access to abortions in certain cases. The 5 to 4 decision upheld the law giving states the right to make certain abortion decisions. “In several cases she upheld abortion rights,” (www.encarta.msn.com). “Although she started out decidedly conservative, she has over time become an important swing vote on the Court – sometimes voting with more liberal justices and other times voting with conservative justices,” (www.atheism.about.com).

for an Arizona attorney general’s office. Four years later, she was a

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