Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its First Female Member
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen O’connor (0009-0004-0049-7114, Emory and Henry College, corresponding author), Karen O'Connor, Jeffrey A Segal (Stony Brook University) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-104 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j014v10n02_07 |
| OpenAlex | W2027374483 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fulfilled one of his campaign promises: He appointed Judge Sandra Day O'Connor of the Arizona Court of Appeals to be the first female Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Mostearly commentators agreed that Judge O'Connor fit the conservative mold of other Reagan appointees. Nevertheless, women's groups universally hailed her appointment as a major breakthrough for women in general and for the advancement of women's rights through the courts in particular. The simple purpose of this modest paper, which is part of a larger study, is to address the question of whether those expectations were correct. More specifically, we examine all 55 sex discrimination cases decided by the Burger Court-both before and after the appointment of Justice O'Connor-to determine her impact on the court as a whole and upon individual Justices
Economic Justice · O'Connor · Political science · Sociology · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law
Gender and Judicial Replacement
Moving Beyond Numbers
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Power or Maternal Legal Thinking
To Do Justly
Women in the American Judiciary
Do Differences Matter
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its Second Female Member
Collegial Influence and Judicial Voting Change
Gender and Voting Decisions in the US Court of Appeals
Judge Gender, Critical Mass, and Decision Making in the Appellate Courts of Canada
Still Underrepresented? Gender Representation of Witnesses at House and Senate Committee Hearings
Replacing Sandra Day O'Connor
Judging Alone
Political Party, Political Philosophy and Feminism
The Influence of African Americans on Congress
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2024 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |