'A terrific first.' Remembering Sandra Day O'Connor with historian Linda Hirshman

This week, the country has said its final goodbyes to the first
woman to ever sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.  To mark Sandra
Day O'Connor's historical life, The Gaggle is sharing in-depth
interviews with those that knew her. Yesterday we heard from her
biographer, Evan Thomas. Today, we’ll hear from Linda Hirshman, a
lawyer, cultural historian, and author of many books – including
the 2016 “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader
Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.” Hirshman
sat down in the Gaggle studios in spring 2022 with then Gaggle host
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez.  For Hirshman, O’Connor is something
of a complicated figure. In her words, O’Connor opened the door for
extreme conservatism to enter the highest court in the land. At the
same time, O’Connor was a defender of moderation, and believed
strongly in nonpartisanship when it came to interpreting the
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