Former President Barack Obama Friday lauded late former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her service, and for "forging a new path" for women.
O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, died in Phoenix Friday at the age of 93.
"When a young Sandra Day graduated from Stanford Law School near the top of her class — in two years instead of the usual three — she was offered just one job in the private sector. Her prospective employer asked her how well she typed and told her there might be work for her as a legal secretary," the Obamas said in a statement, posted on X, formerly Twitter, by C-Span.
"Fortunately for us she set her sights a little higher — becoming the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice," they added. "As a judge and Arizona legislator, a cancer survivor and child of the Texas plains, Sandra Day O'Connor was like the pilgrim in the poem she sometimes quoted — forging a new path and building a bridge behind her for all young women to follow.
"Michelle and I send our thoughts to Sandra's family and everyone who learned from and admired her," the statement concluded.
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