" O'Connor enjoyed telling audiences that her husband joked, 'I think it is a tribute to American democracy when a cook who moonlights as a janitor can be elected to high public office.'" " journalist Howard Kohn described O'Connor in a profile for theLos Angeles Times as 'arguably, the most powerful woman in the nation' " For such a Supreme Court aficionado as this reviewer Joan Biskupic's biography Sandra Day O'Connor.
Biskupic provides an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law.more Drawing on information gleaned from once-private papers, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, author Joan Biskupic offers readers a fascinating portrait of a complex and multifaceted woman-lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. She became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Drawing on information gleaned from once-private papers, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, was called the most powerful woman in America.
Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, was called the most powerful woman in America.