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.
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.
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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