Sandra Day O'Connor was described by some as the most influential woman in America. She was the first woman named to the United States Supreme Court. Born March 26, 1930 in El Paso, Texas, to cattle ranchers, O'Connor was raised on her family's ranch. At age six she moved in with her grandparents in El Paso where her parents believed she would receive a better education than on the ranch. She attended Radford School for Girls and then went on to graduate from Austin High School at age sixteen. O'Connor continued to excel in academics at Stanford University where she majored in economics and graduated magna cum laude in 1950. She continued her education in the Stanford law school.

While in law school, Sandra Day met her future husband, John J. O'Connor III, a fellow law student who was one year behind her. Day graduated third in her law school class...