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Preceded by: Potter Stewart. Supreme Court —present. Succeeded by: Samuel Alito. During this time, she also married John O'Connor, who was one class behind her at Stanford. Upon his completion of law school, the couple moved to Germany, where he served as an attorney in the U. She then worked as a civilian attorney, specializing in contracts. O'Connor and another lawyer opened a law office in suburban Maryvale; but for the next few years she devoted most of her time to raising her three sons, who were born between and In , O'Connor returned to full-time employment as one of Arizona's assistant attorneys general, to assist the chief law officer in the state.
In , the state senator from her legislative district resigned, leading Governor Jack Williams — to appoint O'Connor to replace the vacant seat.
When the position next became open for election in , O'Connor won it and was easily reelected in She was chosen as the Republican majority leader by her colleagues in in the state senate in , the first woman in the country to hold that position. In , O'Connor chose to leave the state senate and legislature to enter the judicial branch of government, becoming a county judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court.
In Bruce Babbitt — , the governor of Arizona, elevated her with an appointment to the Arizona Court of Appeals. During the final month of the presidential campaign, candidate Ronald Reagan — needed more support from female voters.
Her private practice brought her to Maryvale, Arizona, in While raising three sons, O'Connor was named to the Governor's Committee on Marriage and Family and became involved in Republican political activities.
In , she became assistant attorney general in Arizona; she was appointed a state senator in and ran successfully for two more two-year terms. As a legislator, O'Connor championed causes where the rights of women were at stake. She worked for revision of Arizona statutes that discriminated against women by restricting their work hours, and she created legislation giving women equal responsibility in managing property jointly held with their spouses.
Constitution and worked to make contraceptive information easier to obtain. Respected by state senate colleagues for her meticulous diligence, she was named majority leader in , the first woman to hold the position. Elected judge of Maricopa County Superior Court in , O'Connor was not known for leniency but showed true concern for conditions at prison facilities where she sent convicted men and women. When he nominated her to the Supreme Court that year, President Reagan described O'Connor as " 'a person for all seasons,' possessing those unique qualities of temperament, fairness, intellectual capacity, and devotion to the public good that have characterized the 'brethren' who have preceded her.
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Wangari Maathai Sc. She soon became deputy county attorney. She returned home in and settled in Arizona. There she worked at a private practice before returning to public service, acting as the state's assistant attorney general from Political Party. A conservative Republican, O'Connor won reelection twice. In she took on a different challenge and ran for the position of judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court, winning the race.
As a judge, O'Connor developed a solid reputation for being firm but just. Outside of the courtroom, she remained involved in Republican politics.
In , O'Connor was selected to serve on the state's court of appeals. Only two years later, President Ronald Reagan nominated her for associate justice of the U. O'Connor received unanimous approval from the U. Senate and broke new ground for women when she was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
As a member of the country's highest court, O'Connor was considered to be a moderate conservative, who tended to vote in line with the Republican platform, although at times broke from its ideology. O'Connor often focused on the letter of law and voted for what she believed best fit the intentions of the U. In , she wrote the majority opinion in Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan , in which the court ruled that a state nursing school had to admit men after traditionally having been a women's-only institution.
In opposition to the Republican call to reverse the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, O'Connor provided the vote needed in Planned Parenthood v.
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