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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary. Less than 25 years later, the court effectively ended the use of race in college admissions. Also like Ginsburg, O’Connor was unable to find work at a law firm even though she was at the top of her class and an editor of the law review.

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