Draft Release announcing the O’Connor Supreme Court nomination
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Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Draft Press Release re Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court
- 7/7/1981
Description
This draft press release from President Ronald Reagan’s administration announces the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first woman Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor worked as a lawyer and then a judge in Arizona before becoming an Associate Justice in the U.S. Supreme Court. She retired in 2006.
This primary source comes from the Collection RR-WHORM: White House Office of Records Management File Systems (White House Central Files).
National Archives Identifier: 198423
Full Citation: Draft Press Release re Nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court; 7/7/1981; Collection RR-WHORM: White House Office of Records Management File Systems (White House Central Files),. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/draft-press-release-re-nomination-of-sandra-day-oconnor-to-the-supreme-court/, April 1, 2026]
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