Sandra Day O’Connor: First Woman on the Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Connor:
First Woman on the Supreme Court

Online Exhibition Objects

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Online Exhibition Objects

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Lazy B Headquarters

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Sandra Day at age 12

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Ada Mae Day holding her son, Alan Day, seated beside her daughters, Ann and Sandra Day, age 11

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

A Lazy B windmill

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Sandra Day riding her horse, Chico, on the Lazy B Ranch

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Friends from the Radford School for Girls visiting the Lazy B

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Staff of the Stanford Law Review, 1952

Photograph courtesy of Stanford University
Black-and-white resin-coated silver gelatin copy print
8 x 10 in. (1994.276.2)

Certificate presented to Sandra Day as part of her induction into the Stanford Chapter of the Order of the Coif, 1952

Paper, ink
13 ½ x 11 ½ in. (2017.59.47)

Stanford Law Review Board of Editors Certificate, 1951-1952

Paper, ink
10 x 6 ½ in. (2020.38.32)

The O’Connors share a toast at their wedding reception, December 20, 1952

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

The O’Connors participate in a cake-cutting ceremony at their wedding reception, December 20, 1952

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Bar Admission Certificate presented to “Mrs. John Jay O’Connor,” admitting her as an Attorney and Counselor of the Northern District of California, 1953

Paper, ink
10 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. (2017.59.75)

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day pay a visit to the O’Connors in Frankfurt, Germany

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family

Sandra Day O’Connor’s campaign pamphlet for the Arizona State Senate

Paper, ink
11 x 8 3/8 in. (2017.59.84.1)

Sandra Day O’Connor’s campaign pamphlet for the Arizona State Senate

Paper, ink
8 1/2 x 4 in. (2017.59.83)

Sandra Day O’Connor and Family

Jim Ray
Fiber-based silver gelatin print
7 x 5 in. (1981.116.2)

Sandra Day O’Connor’s appointment certificate as assistant state attorney general, 1965

Paper, ink
12 x 9 in. (2020.38.33)

Alternate Delegate Republican National Convention badge, 1972

Metal, textile
3 1/8 x 2 x 1/4 in. (2020.38.16)

Formal group photograph of Judge O’Connor and her colleagues on the Arizona Court of Appeals, c. 1979

Chromogenic color print
15 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (2017.59.52)

Invitation to Sandra Day O’Connor’s swearing in ceremony at the Arizona Court of Appeals

Courtesy of the O’Connor Family
Paper, ink

Supreme Court Nominee Sandra Day O’Connor during her confirmation hearings, September 1981

Photograph by Joe Silverman / Consolidated News Photos

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Sandra Day O’Connor while her husband, John J. O’Connor, holds the family Bibles, 1981

Photograph by Michael Evans, The White House
Original chromogenic color print
8 x 10 in. (1981.16.1)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in her Chambers, 1991

Photograph by Lynn Johnson
Original chromogenic color print
8 x 10 in. (2005.9.19)

Messenger Tim Moore assists Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with her robe in the Justices’ Robing Room, c. 1986

Photograph by Lynn Johnson
Chromogenic color print
(1981.118)

Judicial robe worn by Justice O’Connor, 1995-2005

Silk
51 1/2 x 16 in. (2017.59.92)

Jabot robe worn by Justice O’Connor, 1995-2005

Jabot worn by Justice O’Connor, 1995-2005

Lace
16 x 12 1/8 in. (2017.59.93)

Justice O’Connor rafting on the Shenandoah River, June 25, 1991

Courtesy of River and Trail Outfitters
Original black-and-white resin-coated silver gelatin print
8 x 10 in. (1981.120)

T-shirt designed for Justice O’Connor’s morning aerobics class, 1981

Cotton
25 x 26 in. (2020.38.13)

Dedication of a bronze statue of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, 2002

Courtesy of Lisa Loeffler
Original chromogenic color print
10 x 8 in. (2002.45.2)

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

Photograph by Samantha Appleton, The White House
Chromogenic color print
8 x 9 1/2 in. (2017.59.26)

Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 2009

Gold, textile
2 in x 2 in x 1 in (2017.59.95.1)

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