Justice Sandra Day O’Connor #102 (1930- ). Justice O’Connor retired in 2006 to care for her ill husband until he passed.

She was nominated to the post by President Ronald Reagan, from California. Justice O’Connor graduated second in her class from Stanford law. Her classmate was nominated a justice as justice #100 before her and was number one in the class. O’Connor is the first female to hold the post as associate justice.