O'Connor Paved Path for Women on US Supreme Court, Beyond
One fall day in 2010, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an amazing sight. The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices. Recalling that day, O'Connor said she "saw a woman on the far right end of the bench, one on the far left end and one near the middle. That was pretty amazing." O'Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. Читать дальше...
