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산드라 데이 오코너(영어: Sandra Day O'Connor, 1930년 3월 26일~2023년 12월 1일)는 미국의 법조인이자 미국 최초의 여성 대법관이다. 1981년 로널드 레이건 대통령은 오코너를 대법관으로 임명했고, 오코너는 2006년 퇴임할 때까지 25년간 대법관직을 수행했다.
Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. A moderate conservative, she was considered a swing vote. Before O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was an Arizona state judge and earlier an elected legislator in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.
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