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...... The last several decades have witnessed the addition of race and gender categories to the list of "representative" factors with the appointments of Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O'Connor to the Court in 1967 and 1981, respectively. At the very least, the placement of a black and a woman on the Supreme Court fits into the larger historical picture of the changing importance of "representative" factors in appointments. Yet only the nature of future nominations will signal whether a "black seat" or a "woman's seat" is firmly established on the Court. (Perry, 1991, p. 14)
There is no question that the resolution of this may have occurred when she was joined by a second woman on the court in 1993 (Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Her retirement came as a bit of a surprise to many, though she had in the past expressed a desire to resign, but only with a Republican president in office
The recent retirement announcement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, has caused the media to revisit the legacy and history of her career. Who would have thought that after graduating first in her law school class that she would only be offered

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