Former supreme court justice voted on a range of issues, including abortion, affirmative action and campaign finance
Sandra Day O’Connor, the former US supreme court justice, died at age 93 in Phoenix on Friday of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court said in a statement.
O’Connor was the first woman ever to serve on the US supreme court. She voted on a range of issues, including abortion, affirmative action and campaign finance.
O’Connor attended Stanford law school, graduating third in her class in 1952 and was the first woman to lead the Arizona state senate.
She served as a state court judge before being nominated to the country’s highest court by Ronald Reagan, later becoming a justice in 1981 after being unanmously confirmed at the age of 51.
