There is no doubt that Sandra Day O’Connor was an inspiration. She did so much for the Supreme Court and because of her the Court has begun to change the way they prosecute defendants. Women were treated unfairly because they were considered lower than men, but when O’Connor was nominated major law firms began hiring more women. Even though her decisions have not always been popular with women's rights activists, she is considered a role model for women everywhere.
Sandra Day O'Connor, Dec. 1993, The Journal Times
Sandra Day O'Connor, 2018, The Journal Times
O’Connor announced that she was planning to retire on July 1, 2005, but she waited for the court to find someone to take her seat. She retired from the Supreme Court at the end of January, 2006 because the U.S. Senate appointed Samuel Alito to succeed her.
The Sandra Day O'Connor Institute is a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. Its mission is to "continue Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy and lifetime work to advance civics education, civic engagement, and civil discourse," said Jonathan Gelbart, Director of Education Initiatives and Innovation at the Institute. “Her old house in Phoenix was going to be demolished so a group raised money to keep it from being destroyed. She wanted to make it into the institute it is today.”
Sandra Day O’Connor will always be remembered as the first woman on the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor, March 22, 2015, Facebook
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the tapestry of ones life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something." -Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor, June 22, 2004, The Journal Times