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Returning to the ranch during summers, she learned from her father at a young age to drive, mend fences, shoot a rifle and ride with the cowboys. Eventually she got a job at San Mateo County as a deputy attorney by agreeing to work for free. The couple then returned to Maricopa County, Arizona, where they settled to raise their family.

Their three sons were born in , and She returned to paid legal work in , serving as Assistant Attorney General for the state of Arizona.

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In , she was appointed to the state senate; she won re-election in and , then made history in when she was elected State majority leader becoming the first woman in the country, from either political party, to reach this position. She rebuffed calls from state Republican leaders to run for governor, but willingly accepted the call from President Ronald Reagan in to be his nominee to the Supreme Court.

She was confirmed unanimously and joined the Court in September of that year. She long remained active, hearing cases in district courts as a visiting judge, giving speeches and engaging in philanthropic and policy work. In October , O'Connor announced that she had been diagnosed with dementia. A belief now shared regardless of political party or ideology.

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