The Career of Sandra Day O'Connor

Lasting Legacy
In 2006, O'Connor was named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report, and in the same year presided over a federal appeals court in New York as well as serving as a member of the Iraq Study Group, appointed by congress to the position. In addition she has published several books, one about ranch life in the Southwest written with her brother, and several children's picture books of her own. This formal portrait was made in 1991.

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