'A Momentous day' woman gets nomination

July 7, 1981

'A Momentous day'  woman gets nomination
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Author: Associated Press
Source: The Peninsula Times Tribune
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan today named Arizona judge Sandra D. O'Connor to become the first woman justice in the 191 years of the Supreme Court. Mrs. O'Connor, 51, who Reagan called "a person for all seasons," would fill the vacancy created by Justice Potter Stewart's retirement. And her selection as the court's 102nd justice, following 101 "Brethren," matches the president's campaign pledge to name a woman to one of the first vacancies. Reagan called it "the most awesome appointment" within his power. In Phoenix, Mrs. O'Connor told a news conference that "This is a momentous day in my life and the life of my family. I am extremely happy and honored to have been nominated by President Reagan for a position on the U.S. Supreme Court." "If confirmed, I will do my best to serve the court and this nation in a manner that will brmg credit to the president, to my family and to all the people of this great nation," she said . The president announced his choice on a nationwide broadcast from the White House press room . He had decided upon Mrs. O'Connor following apersonal interview with her last week in the Oval Office and a followup telephone call late Monday . Reagan urged the Senate to give "swift bi-partisan confirmation" to her "so that, as soon as possible, she may take her seat on the court and her place in history." The court, now in recess, does not begin its 1981-82 term until October. Some opposition already was brewing among the far right to her prospective nomination,

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