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Sandra Day O'Connor (Ferguson Career Biographies)

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I checked this book out of the library and really very much enjoyed it. In law school, my classmates and I found Sandra Day O'Connor's opinions to be some of our favorites as her writing style was logical and comprehensible, not circuitous like some of the others. While in law school we were told how she graduated at the top of her class from Stanford which was about all I knew about Sandra Day O'Connor until now. This book opens with her early childhood being divided between her parents' lazy B ranch and living with her Grandparents where she could have access to a better education. We learn how she married a classmate from Stanford Law and had three children. So she is a good role model for young girls in that she balanced having a family with a career. Furthermore, we are informed about her early entry into politics and then her return back to law as a judge. All in all, it is a very pleasant read and an informative one. The only drawback is that it does appear to have been written before O'Connor retired from the bench. So an extra chapter should probably be added regarding that. But it is still very interesting to read about the life of the First Female Supreme Court Justice. A very good read for young girls and curious adults alike.