{"id":61010,"date":"2022-11-03T18:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=61010"},"modified":"2024-04-30T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:21:52","slug":"sandra-day-oconnor-3","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/sandra-day-oconnor-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"29af55b8476725fec58c3205912f9695\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRb520db1de679a50f55dc0593e6de9612\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRb520db1de679a50f55dc0593e6de9612\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTRb520db1de679a50f55dc0593e6de9612\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61010?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRb520db1de679a50f55dc0593e6de9612&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61010?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRb520db1de679a50f55dc0593e6de9612\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: March 7, 2023<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Chancellor\u2019s Village Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Lives 2023: Sandra Day O&#039;Connor\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/806522160?h=409263122e&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-197x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-197x300.jpeg 197w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-674x1024.jpeg 674w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-768x1168.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-1010x1536.jpeg 1010w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-1347x2048.jpeg 1347w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor-750x1140.jpeg 750w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Sandra-Day-OConnor.jpeg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><p>Sandra Day O\u2019Connor 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\u2019Connor\u2019s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings\u2014doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s, O\u2019Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise.<\/p>\n<p>Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives\u2014who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground\u2014will be inspired by O\u2019Connor\u2019s example. Thomas provides a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarypoint.bibliocommons.com\/list\/share\/137247394_crrladults\/2046472839_crrl_picks_-_great_lives_2023_-_sandra_day_oconnor?_gl=1*tvupv8*_ga*OTQ2NDU1MjAxLjE2NzMzNjA0NDM.*_ga_G99DMMNG39*MTY3Mzc0MzMwNS4yLjEuMTY3Mzc0NTMxOC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.6771442.1378975210.1673743305-946455201.1673360443\"> Further Reading Resource List<\/a> provided by CRRL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Evan Thomas<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas-75x75.jpg 75w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Apr2_Evan-Thomas.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>Evan Thomas is the author of ten books, including several <cite>New York Times<\/cite> bestsellers, the most recent of which is <cite>First<\/cite>, his acclaimed 2019 biography of Sandra Day O\u2019Connor. His other books include <cite>Ike's Bluff<\/cite>, <cite>Robert Kennedy<\/cite>, <cite>The Wise Men<\/cite> (with Walter Isaacson), <cite>Sea of Thunder<\/cite>, and <cite>Being Nixon<\/cite>. For 33 years, he was a reporter, writer and editor at <cite>Time<\/cite> and <cite>Newsweek<\/cite>. For ten years he was Washington Bureau Chief for <cite>Newsweek.<\/cite> He has won numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award for reporting in 1999. A graduate of Harvard and the University of Virginia Law School, he taught writing and journalism at Harvard and Princeton for ten years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[1246],"class_list":{"0":"post-61010","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-1246","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sandra Day O&#039;Connor - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/sandra-day-oconnor-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandra Day O&#039;Connor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/sandra-day-oconnor-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T13:21:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/sandra-day-oconnor-3\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/sandra-day-oconnor-3\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sandra Day O'Connor - 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