Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, discusses her new book about the history of the court, and why she doesn't like the term "swing vote." O'Connor served for 24 years, retiring in 2006 to care for her ailing husband.
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.
Sandra Day O'Connor was "the most qualified woman" President Reagan "could possibly find" to serve as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981.