On this day in 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
She was, in should also be said, the first Supreme Court justice to have ever owned a pet Bobcat.
In 2009, Justice O'Conner wrote a nice children's book about a child that wanted a dog.
That same year, as an ex-officio justice, she decided a wolf-dog case in her now home state of Maryland.
From the Amazon synopsis of her children's book:
Sandra is growing up on a desert ranch surrounded by animals, but she wants one to have her very own pet. A tortoise isn’t really friendly, a little rabbit is too fearful, and a young coyote howls to rejoin his pack. A bobcat almost fits the bill, but soon grows too big and fierce to be a housecat. Sandra’s parents let her learn for herself that these animals are best suited to the wild, though it is often hard to let them go. Finally, a smiley little stray dog finds Sandra. Sandra names the dog Susie, and the two become wonderful friends.
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