First [large print] : Sandra Day O'Connor / Evan Thomas.

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    • Publication Information:
      First large print edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor ... 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 law school class 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 Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald 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 O'Connor's example, in how to be first in your own life, how to know when to fight and when to walk away. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family and believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for other women to follow."--Page [4] of cover.
    • Content Notes:
      Prologue -- Lazy B -- Stanford -- The golden couple -- Majority leader -- Arizona judge -- The president calls -- Inside the marble palace -- Scrutiny -- FWOTSC -- Cancer -- A woman's role -- Civic religion -- Bush v. Gore -- Affirmative action -- End game -- Labor of love.
    • Notes:
      "An intimate portrait of the first woman Supreme Court justice"--Cover.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      1 3 5 22
    • Other Titles:
      Sandra Day O'Connor.
    • ISBN:
      9781984887009
    • Accession Number:
      1080190104
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1057149