Where To Stream American Experience Season 34 Episode 1
Sandra Day O'Connor The First
- Aired September 13, 2021
- 120 Min
- Rated 10.0
- Number 4 Of 108 Rated Episodes
When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the Supreme Court's first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover proclaimed "Justice At Last," and she received unanimous Senate approval. Born in 1930 in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona in an era when women were expected to become homemakers. After graduating near the top of her class at Stanford Law School, she could not convince a single law firm to interview her, so...