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Sandra Day O’Connor to be sworn in Friday

September 22, 1981

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Type: Newspaper mention

Author: Associated Press

Source: State Press ASU

Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection

Date is approximate: No

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WASHINGTON (AP) -The Senate, ending an all-male tradition nearly two centuries old, unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O’Connor as an associate justice of the Supreme Court on Monday. Mrs. O’Connor, a 51-year-old Arizona state appeals judge, will be sworn in Friday as the 102nd associate justice in the 191-year history of the court , in time to join the court for the opening of its 1981-82.term on October 5. “Today is truly a historic occasion,” said Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, leading off a series of 22 speeches.

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