O'Connor rates as top influencial woman in poll
November 11, 1982
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ENEW YORK - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first and only woman ever named to the U.S. Supreme Court, won hands down as the most influential woman in America in 1982. The list, announced today, showed. the justice with 81 votes among the 133 possibles in the World Almanac's annual compilation done through editorial representatives on major newspapers. O'Connor was a former Arizona legislator and Superior Court and Appeals Court judge. Katharine Graham, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Washington Post, ran a close second with 75 votes, followed by Billie Jean King, the champion tennis player, with 60. Last year Graham and King tied for the No. 1 spot. Graham has been on the list ever since the World Almanac started compiling it in 1977. Jane D. Flatt, Almanac publisher, said O'Connor probably did not make the 1981 list simply because she was fairly new to the job. Jeane Kirkpatrick, chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, won 44 votes, first lady ]'J;,mc . R~a~a!I,. S6. )30th :"ome~ trailed Eleanor Smeal, until recently president of the National Organization for Women (with 53); Phyllis Schlafly, leader of the stop-ERA movement (52) and Gloria Steinem, editor of MS magazine (52).
Brooke Shields, the beautiful teen-age model and actress, polled 27, becoming the youngest "influential" ever named to the list.
Graham, Barbara Walters and Barbara Jordan, teaching at the University of Texas, are the only three to have been named to the list fro the past six years.
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