She always seemed able to find the common ground in a divided country, whether during her years in the Arizona Legislature or navigating complicated issues that came before the justices at the highest court in the land. There’s a thread that has run through our mother’s life. Sandra Day O'Connor had a knack for finding common ground with others. Many years later, while speaking during the law firm’s 100th anniversary, Mom said, “All is forgiven.” Attorney General William French Smith – a Gibson, Dunn partner – who recommended her for the Supreme Court. When Mom graduated from Stanford Law School, she applied for a position as a lawyer with the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, only to be told she might find employment as a legal secretary – if she could type fast enough. More: How Sandra Day O'Connor met her destiny on a Lake Powell houseboat They may have had distinct philosophies of jurisprudence, but after Justice Ginsburg joined Mom on the bench they were bound together by their shared experiences as women pioneers. The two women being honored came from very different backgrounds – the Lazy B Ranch along the Arizona-New Mexico border and Brooklyn, New York Republican Majority Leader in the Arizona Senate and co-founder of the Women’s Rights Project at the ACLU. Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband, John Jay O'Connor III, when Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1981.
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