What is Sandra Day O'Connor?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname = Sandra Day |image = Sandra Day O'Connor.jpg |office1 = 23rd [[Chancellor of The College of William & Mary]] |term_start1 = April 7, 2006 |term_end1 = February 3, 2012 |predecessor1 = [[Henry Kissinger]] |successor1 = [[Robert Gates]] |office = 91st [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] |nominator = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start = September 21, 1981 |term_end = January 31, 2006 |predecessor = [[Potter Stewart]] |successor = [[Samuel Alito]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|26}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|1|1930|3|26}} |death_place = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S. |spouse = [[John Jay O'Connor|John O'Connor]] <small>(1952–2009)</small> |children = 3 |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |alma_mater = [[Stanford University]] |signature = Oconnorsig.svg }} '''Sandra Day O'Connor''' (March 26, 1930 &ndash; December 1, 2023) was a justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. She was the first woman to serve as justice on the Supreme Court. Until 1993, she was the only woman on the court.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-12-01|title=Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at 93|url=https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-oconnor-first-woman-justice-304f91633f069c46350bdfff540ff9fe|access-date=2 December 2023|website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|language=en}}</ref> One of her ideas on the Supreme Court was the [[endorsement test]]. It was a way to check if the [[government]] was supporting [[religion]]. ==Life== O'Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1981 by President [[Ronald Reagan]]. Reagan said while running for president that he wanted a woman to be on the Supreme Court and promised to nominate a woman for the job the first chance he got. One of her biggest supporters was Arizona Senator [[Barry Goldwater]], who helped make sure that all 100 Senators vote