CLEP US Government

Category - Courts

The first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court was:
  1. Sonia Sotomayor
  2. Hilary Clinton
  3. Sandra Day O’Connor
  4. Elaine Kagan
  5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Explanation
Answer: C - Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court in 1981. During his campaign for President he had promised his first Supreme Court nomination would be a woman. Finding a qualified female candidate in 1981 was challenging because women were severely discriminated against at elite law schools until the late 1980s.
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