@article{859367,
      recid = {859367},
      author = {Thomas, Evan,},
      title = {First : Sandra Day O'Connor /},
      pages = {xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :},
      abstract = {"She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle  ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be  homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When  she graduated near the top of her class at law school in  1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day  O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly  shattered glass ceilings -- doing so with a blend of grace,  wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She  became the first-ever female majority leader of a state  senate. As a judge on the Arizona State Court of Appeals,  she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When  she arrived at the Supreme Court, appointed by Reagan in  1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the court,  hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law.  Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a  husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty  with grit and poise. Women and men today will be inspired  by how to be first in your own life, how to know when to  fight and when to walk away, through O'Connor's  example."--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/859367},
}