Public Letter From Sandra Day O'Connor

October 23, 2018

Friends and fellow Americans,

I want to share some personal news with you. Some time  ago, doctors diagnosed me  with the beginning stages of  dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease.  As this condition has progressed, I am no  longer able to participate in public life.  Since many people have asked about my current status  and activities, I want to be open about these changes,  and while I am still able, share some personal thoughts.

Sandra Day O’Connor Library and Archives

The Sandra Day O’Connor Digital Library and Archives is an ongoing program by the O’Connor Institute to document her storied life and accomplishments for current reference and posterity.

O’Connor House

In the late 1950s, Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband, John O'Connor, built an adobe home on Denton Lane in Paradise Valley, Arizona. In the 1970s, the O'Connors’ hospitality became legendary. Sandra was, at the time, serving as the first woman majority leader for the Arizona State Senate, and the first woman in the country to hold this leadership position for any state legislature.

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