Thursday, July 16, 2026

Question: Who made history in 1981 as the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, having grown up on an Arizona cattle ranch?

Answer: Sandra Day O’Connor. Her parents, Harry “D.A.” and Ada Mae “M.O.” Day, owned the Lazy B cattle ranch in the southeastern part of the state. During the school year, she stayed with her grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and attended Radford School for Girls and Austin High School. After graduation, she attended Stanford University, where she became senior class president. She married law school classmate John O’Connor, and their young family eventually settled in the Phoenix area.