Today in American history…Sandra Day O’Connor was born on March 26, 1930 in El Paso, Texas and grew up on a cattle ranch near Duncan, Arizona.

“I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.” – Sandra Day O’Connor

She would make history when she became the first woman nominated AND the first woman to be confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 1981. She was an Associate Justice until she retired on January 31, 2006.