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Date Event President
1930 Born in El Paso, TX Hoover
1935 began school at Radford School, a private school for girls FDR
1943 returned home to her parents' ranch Truman
1946 graduated from Austin High School Truman
1950 earned B.A. degree w/ honors at Stanford University Truman
1950 began law school Truman
1952 graduated law school, 3rd in her class Truman
1952 married John Jay O'Conner Truman
1952 worked for deputy attorney of San Mateo County, CA Truman
1957 first child born in Pheonix, AZ Eisenhower
1965-1969 began work as Arizona's Assistant Attorney General Johnson
1966-1968 chaired the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Home's board of visitors Johnson
1967-1969 served on the Arizona State Personnel Commission Johnson/Nixon
1969 Governor Jack Williams appointed her to a vacant seat in the Arizona Senate Johnson/Nixon
1970
 voted to repeal Arizona's laws that essentially made abortion illegal
 Nixon
1972 became the first female majority leader of a state senate (Arizona) Nixon
1972 an alternate delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention and cochaired Richard M. Nixon's reelection committee in Arizona Nixon
1974 elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court Ford
1976 she backed Ronald Reagan in his losing attempt to wrest the nomination from President Gerald Ford. Ford
1979 placed on the Arizona Court of Appeals Carter
1981 appointed to U.S. Supreme Court Reagan
2005 announced retirement from U.S. Supreme Court Bush (43)



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