Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, left, and his replacement on the court, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, applaud President Reagan as he gives his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington, Jan. 26, 1982. Mrs. O’Connor is the first woman to sit on the court.

Supreme Court Justice-designate Sandra Day OConnor, right, poses with first lady Nancy Reagan, Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger and President Ronald Reagan during a reception for U.S. Apellate Court judges at the White House in Washington, Sept. 24, 1981.

President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O’Connor who was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.

Sandra Day O’Connor waves as she arrives at the Capitol in this Sept. 10, 1981 black-and-white file photo, shortly after her nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate. From left, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Attorney General William French Smith, O’Connor, Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., and Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz.

Judge Sandra Day O’Connor, smiles as she arrives for the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill in Washington for the post of Supreme Court Associate Justice, Sept. 9, 1981.

In this photo released by the White House, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court’s conference room in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981.

Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher poses with U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger, and U.S. Supreme Court Judge Sandra Day O’Connor, prior to talks at 10 Downing Street in London, July 25, 1984.