Sandra Day O’Connor, who died last week at age 93, was both the first and the last. She was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981. She was the last justice to serve in elected office before joining the bench. And in her words, she was the “first cowgirl” – and most certainly the last – to join the High Court.
She was a pioneer, a pragmatist and a politician…