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Arizona woman is new Supreme Court justice youngest member of the court and its S andra D. 102nd just ice. O'Connor was 1nthe news sworn in Friday I I The Supreme Court, the nation's ··, as the firs t highest court, is 191 years old. It has woman justice on nine members. One of these is the the U.S. Supreme chief justice, Warren Burger. The In 1979 Gov. Bruce Babbitt ap- other eight members are called asso- Court. pointed her to the Arizona Court of ciate justices (judges). Mrs . O'Con- Appeals. She resigned from that nor, whose home position last week after the U.S. One of the court's main duties is to is in Paradise Senate approved her appointment as decide if local, state and federal ,:: Valley, has been Supreme Court justice. President governments are following th e U.S. •~ a senator and Reagan had nominated her when Constitution . O'Connor judge in Arizona. Jus tice Potter Stewart retired in July. The court determines what th e She served in the state senate from Constitution means and applies it to 1969 to 1975, when she became a Mrs. O'Connor will begin her duties the cases it hears. Its decisions are Maricopa County Superior Court Oct. 5, when the 1981-82 court term important because other courts must judge. starts. At age 51, she will be the follow them in similar cases. ~'c;; \ 'k~\.J'c\ 'C ------ -- Monday, September 28, 1981 The Arizona Republic J\.i O'CONNOR Facing Two Of The Country's Hardest Roles: Supreme Court Justice And First Woman O'Connor wants to be remembered OLI PHANT , Unlverwl Press Svndlcate accustomed to being the first, the as a good justice, but she will be only. judged, in large part, as a Woman Like Frances Perkins, the first Ellen Justice. Her opinions will be scruti- woman Cabinet member, appointed in nized for signs of her sex; her behavior ..'I 1933 by FDR, O'Connor has con- Goodman will be analyzed for clues of her kind. sciously chosen the risky rewards of a The Boston Globe Like every other first woman, she pioneer. As Secretary of Labor Per- will be visible and vulnerable, the one kins put it, "I had been taught long justice in the photograph whom ago by my grandmother that if everyone can name. anybody opens a door, one should Boston always go through." Last Friday , Sandra O'Connor She will be criticized if she doesn't j(,>ined The Brethren. And an elite "think like a male justice" and The first woman justice didn't have sisterhood. Last Friday, Sandra criticized if she does. Someone will to leave much behind as she went O'Connor became the 102nd Supreme surely want her to prove that a woman through the doors. Unlike others Court Justice. And the first woman on the bench makes a difference, and before her, O'Connor hasn't had to Justice. someone else will want her to prove choose between love and work. Unlike As. all the speeehes about barrier- that women on the bench are no others before her, she hasn't had to breaking, history-makiRg, inner-cir- different. choose between being a woman and a cle-integrating enu, she is settling succes::;. She has been bolstered liy down to two of the hardest roles in the It is, as Margaret Hennig, dean of both the support of family and the country: Supreme Court Justice and the Graduate School of Business woD?-enfilling up the ranks in the 1-;,w First Woman. Management at Simmons (and who behmd her. has studied first women in business) In some ways, this woman who won describes it, "a godawfuJ burden. She her robe with the unanimous consent With all these strengths, she may knows she is going to have to prove, . -. - hold the one quality that separates of the Senate and the goodwill of the prove, prove." people, with the approval of conserva- out the First Woman who makes a tives and the best wishes of the To begin with, having run the dr difference: the quality of personal , . ? " integrity. The successful First Woman women's rights activists, faces the gauntlet of confirmation hearings, "Sandra O'Connor,how pleadyou to the heinouscharge of secmarwomanism · has the ability to put aside all the issues shared by any woman who has O'Connor now will have to deal with a .L-------------~-_:_ _ _:________ ,_.;________________ --' ambivalent expectations of the world, ever been the first, the exception, the new set of all-male colleagues in the group try to establish themselves at have to perform right away." Court every job. th e ability to put to rest all the over- only, the other. give-and-take of the Supreme Court the level of technical competence. And If the public expects first women to She comes to a post with lifetime atte ntive claims of coworkers, and be How do you deal with the extra chambers. while they do that, they begin to build be either wonderful or terrible, says tenure and she co.mes to it with true to her own beliefs. burdens? How do you live with the As Hennig says, "She will be one-on-one relationships so that when Hennig, that woman is inclined to strengths. At 51, she has the maturity, attention and the expectations? With walking into a male world and she'll they are in group settings, they have respond by being safe and moderate. the manners and mentors of success. That, it seems to me, is a pretty the demands of conscience and his- have to establish herself. Most women some alliances. That's real hard when But Sandra O'Connor is not Every Like any woman lawyer or judge of good qualification for any Justice - tory? who successfully join a male task you are on the Supreme Court and Firstwoman. Nor is the Supreme her age, she must by now have become the 102nd or the first. D10 /6 - ~-'ts\· The Arizona Republi c Justice O'Connor arranges legal exercises Republic Wire Services 1 The 'sign-up rate by women employees - 'of the U.S. Supreme Court has been brisk INames I faces for daily early-morning exercises spon- '-:·:--=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=--=-- =--:-:======--- ~--- -- sored by the court's newest justice, Sandra O'Connor. One of Justice O'Connor's clerks circu- lated a memo earlier this week inviting women employees to join the .exercises, starting Monday, to be supervised by a YMCAinstructor. One of the morning recruits confessed, however that she was more interested in meeting' the top court's new jurist than in starting the workday with grunts and l Judge O'Connor Sandra O'Conno r Fine service groans. Goes To Washington We want to thank you very mu.ch for your The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor part in bringing the Sandra O'Connor hearings is the first woman to sit on the to the public . This was a fine service to the community . Supreme Court of the United States .. Tonight KOOL News CHRONICLE i KATHERINE HILL 10 looks at Judge O 'Connor 's KATHLEEN FAWCETT background , her appo intment by Phoenix President Reagan and the recent confirmation hearings . 6:30PM Falwell And O'Connor 5:30 SUNRISESEMESTER ADVENTURE- television that 6:00 THE BUGS BUNNY/ "Mexico's Golden provides a fi ctional Editor: ROADRUNNER Sea" account of the I could not help but think of Arizona's SHOW 5:00 KIDSWORLD incredibly realistic Sandra O'Connor and how she must have 7:30 THE POPEYEAND 5:30 CBS NEWS/ games conduded by felt, honored by the president of the OLIVE COMEDY SCHIEFFER the U.S. Air Force. United States, a Rose Garden reception, SHOW 6:00 KOOL NEWS/VAN 10:00 KOOL NEWS/VAN and a White House luncheon. 8:00 BLACK*STAR SANT, PYBURN SANT , PYBURN This great and most deserved honor, 8:30 THE TARZAN/ 6,30 CHRONICLE 10 - 10:30 THE FLIP WILSON could only be topped by the endorsement LONE RANGER/ " Judge O'Connor SHOW-Sandy of the great Jerry Falwell. Personally, I ZORRO Goes to Duncan, Jim Nabors would rather be bitten by a Cobra. ADVENTURE HOUR Washington" and Slappy White MEL WILLIAMS 9:30 THE TOM & JERRY 7:00 WALT DISNEY - are guests. Mesa COMEDY SHOW 11 :30 KOOL FAMILY 10:00 THE NEW FAT MOVIE - "The ALBERTSHOW Stripper" - 10:30 30 MINUTES Starring Joanne .., 11 :00 THE KWICKY Woodward, Richard KOALA SHOW Seymer, Gypsy Rose 11 :30 TROLLKINS Lee. 12:00 NINOS 1:05 KOOL LA TE NEWS CONTENT OS 12:30 CHAPTER 10 1:00 WHERE THE JOBS ARE 1:30 CBS SPORTS SATURDAY 3:00 MEDICAL CENTER _-4:00 GREAT PAGEIO. 247 .

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