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Sandra Day O’Connor Sets an Example Already

August 10, 1981

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Type: Op ed
Author: Elder Witt
Source: Los Angeles Times
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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Sandra Day O’Connor, President Reagan’s choice to fill the empty seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, may already have done more for the liberation of women than she will ever do as the nation’s first woman justice. For her career demonstxates that a woman today need not forgo full- time motherhood in order to attain professional excellence. Women torn between career goals and maternal instincts can find in O’Connor’s example clear evidence that staying home with one’s children for a few years does not sideline one forever in the world of work. The official biography released by the White House

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