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Biskupic, Joan. Sandra Day O'Connor : How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

This book is about America’s first woman justice to become the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. It was saying that she was considered the most powerful woman in America until she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement. She was a lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as a wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. O'Connor's tie-breaking opinions on issues such as abortion rights, affirmative action, the death penalty, and religious freedom will have a lasting effect far into the future. Even though she had breast cancer she still survived.