Sandra Day Research Paper

On March 26, 1930, a woman who would change the world for all of women was born. Her name was Sandra Day. Sandra Day was born on a cattle ranch in El Paso, Texas. After a few years of her life, she moved to Arizona to live with her grandmother, who thought she needed a proper education. Her family then moved with her to live on the “Lazy B”, their new Arizona cattle ranch. Having grown up on a ranch, she had always dreamed to become a rancher. For a woman, it was hard to become a rancher at the time, like trying to get in to the Supreme Court. No matter, she worked hard for her dream. From the beginning, Sandra Day was a very smart and talented woman. After being sent to the Radford School for Girls, she finally got to go to a public school,

In Reagan’s campaign, he needed more women voters to help him. He promised that if he was elected, he would elect a woman to the Supreme Court. Sandra saw the chance and jumped right in to make herself recognized. In 1981, Reagan was elected president and kept his promise. In his speech he spoke, “I made a commitment that one of my first appointments to the Supreme Court vacancy would be the most qualified woman that I could possibly find. Now, this is not to say that I would appoint a woman merely to do so. That would not be fair to women nor to future generations of all Americans whose lives are so deeply affected by decisions of the Court. Rather, I pledged to appoint a woman who meets the very high standards that I demand of all court appointees. I have identified such a person.” That person was none other than Sandra Day O’Connor. The senate quickly voted her in. She was the first person to be appointed in twenty-four years with state court experience and the first in thirty-two years with a lawmaking experience. Sandra Day O’Connor had a giant influence on women’s rights when she won this