Sandra Day O’Connor announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with dementia and is withdrawing from a post-retirement career.

The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and President Ronald Reagan's first nominee for the high court, Sandra Day O'Connor, announced she is in the early stages of what is likely Alzheimer's disease.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, "probably Alzheimer's disease."

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the US Supreme Court, opened up about the personal anguish of breast cancer five years after surviving it. Then she went public about the effects of her husband's Alzheimer's disease, including his affection for another…

Sandra Day O'Connor, a pioneer in the legal profession who made history in 1981 by becoming the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court and remained on the bench for a quarter century, announced on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with dementia.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to have served on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with beginning stages of dementia.

"Some time ago, doctors diagnosed me with the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease," the former justice wrote in a letter.

Washington Post Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor announces she is withdrawing from public life because of dementia Washington Post Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who became the first female justice in 1981 and then one of …

The most influential justice for much of her tenure on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor has been diagnosed with dementia and is withdrawing from an influential post-retirement career.

She says she's experiencing the "beginning stages of dementia."

The former Supreme Court justice says she is "no longer able to participate in public life."

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says she has been diagnosed with dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, "probably Alzheimer's disease." The 88-year-old said in a public letter that her diagnosis was made some time ago and…

NBCNews.com Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman to serve on Supreme Court, announces probable Alzheimer's diagnosis NBCNews.com Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to have served on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she was diagnosed with the beginning …

Justice O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the top court, says she is withdrawing from public life.

The former US Supreme Court justice was the first woman to take a spot on the top court in 1981.

88-year-old says her diagnosis was made some time ago and that as her condition has progressed she is "no longer able to participate in public life"

"I never could have imagined that one day I would become the first woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court"

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, 'probably Alzheimer's disease.'

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, says she has the beginning stages of dementia and "probably Alzheimer's disease."

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to have served on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with beginning stages of dementia.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, says she has the beginning stages of dementia and "probably Alzheimer's disease."

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, says she has the beginning stages of dementia and "probably Alzheimer's disease."

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced in a letter that she is retiring from public life due to "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease." O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor revealed in a letter on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with the "beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease."

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Ok Lavern, did you have a problem with every Supreme Court justice being male and white, before Sandra Day O’Connor, and Thurgood Marshal. https://t.co/JyN9oo9op6

RT @bansisharma: @Mayilaimadhu @BurntOutCase Justice Sandra Day O'Connor set a time limit of 25 years in 2003 for sunsetting affirmative ac…

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RT @secretsandlaws: But more to my original point, Sandra Day O'Connor held in Grutter in 2003 that the race-based admissions program there…

Someone needed to say it. Compared to Clarence Thomas, the late, great Antonin Scalia, notorious RBG, or the inestimable Sandra Day O'Connor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor are mental midgets. Nothing more than diversity hires all the way through their career. https://t.co/b3JxpULKWf

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RT @pbrtscouting: ‘26 UTL Thomas Pascanu (Sandra Day O’Connor, @PBRArizona) Pascanu displaying solid barrel control with an RBI single up…

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RT @cathypro2: @RNCResearch No sweetie. Abe Lincoln…historical. George Washington…historical. John F Kennedy…historical. Martin Luther King…

RT @cathypro2: @RNCResearch No sweetie. Abe Lincoln…historical. George Washington…historical. John F Kennedy…historical. Martin Luther King…

RT @cathypro2: @RNCResearch No sweetie. Abe Lincoln…historical. George Washington…historical. John F Kennedy…historical. Martin Luther King…

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RT @glaser_holly: @FrankMikeDavis1 Tell your son that the Republicans stole the election to put Bush in power. Before Iraq war, dick Cheney…

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RT @dayoconnor1930: Fun Scotus fact- Charles Evans Hughes supported Harlan Stone and Fred Vinson becoming Chief Justices! Nino Scalia and…

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Answer … William Rehnquist & Sandra Day O'Connor

RT @Dwight_Carter: “I don’t know that there are many shortcuts to doing a good job.” -Sandra Day O’Connor Make it a great day…or not. The…

I think she's be what in military lingo is called being "boxed." There will be a lot of meetings, her record will be reviewed, and options will be laid out for her. Her factual record, BTW is pretty dismal, and she lacks experience. She is not a Sandra Day O'Connor by any means. https://t.co/ecA3vurYsM

RT @PBRArizona: 2025 Top Prospect Games ‘25 OF/LHP James Carr Sandra Day O’Connor Carr comes through here with a line-drive single to the…

RT @Dwight_Carter: “I don’t know that there are many shortcuts to doing a good job.” -Sandra Day O’Connor Make it a great day…or not. The…

RT @Dwight_Carter: “I don’t know that there are many shortcuts to doing a good job.” -Sandra Day O’Connor Make it a great day…or not. The…

“I don’t know that there are many shortcuts to doing a good job.” -Sandra Day O’Connor Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

Fun Scotus fact- Charles Evans Hughes supported Harlan Stone and Fred Vinson becoming Chief Justices! Nino Scalia and Sandra Day O’Connor supported Elena Kagan becoming a Supreme Court justice!

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RT @LSULawProfs: Professor Edward Richards presented on “The Environmental Costs of Holding Back the Ocean” at the Eighth Annual SRP Sustai…

RT @LSULawProfs: Professor Edward Richards presented on “The Environmental Costs of Holding Back the Ocean” at the Eighth Annual SRP Sustai…

Professor Edward Richards presented on “The Environmental Costs of Holding Back the Ocean” at the Eighth Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, which was held at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law on May 12. https://t.co/SL7IycweHx

RT @BeschlossDC: “More than 20 years ago…Justice David Souter tried to warn [in a draft] that big money in politics…risked turning…official…

RT @sportscronkite: From Phoenix to Norman: How @grace_lyons5 and Jocelyn Erickson from Sandra Day O’Connor High School are impacting @OU_S…

RT @rslashcardinals: THE PRIDE OF SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR HIGH SCHOOL! https://t.co/9EpCC8WQeT