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Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930)

Born Sandra Day in El Paso, Texas, would go on to graduate from Stanford law school in 1952 and later, on August 19, 1981, be appointed by Ronald Reagan as the first female United States Supreme Court Justice.

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