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(CNN) — A decade before she would become a historic first, Sandra Day O’Connor wanted the president to name a woman to the US Supreme Court. And she let the
Justice Sandra O Connor died on December 1, aged 93. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States and spearheaded landmark judgements including abortion laws and affirmative action.
Sandra Day O’Connor, who has died aged 93, was the first female United States Supreme Court judge, a moderate Republican who often proved the casting swing vote between conservatives and liberals during her quarter of a century as a Justice.