For 33 years, he was a reporter, writer and editor at Time and Newsweek. His other books include Ike's Bluff, Robert Kennedy, The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson), Sea of Thunder, and Being Nixon. Speaker: Evan ThomasД®van Thomas is the author of ten books, including several New York Times bestsellers, the most recent of which is First, his acclaimed 2019 biography of Sandra Day OвЂ™Connor. Thomas provides a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women. Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives-who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground-will be inspired by OвЂ™ConnorвЂ™s example. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with AlzheimerвЂ™s, OвЂ™Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the Court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. As a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. She became the first ever female majority leader of a state senate. But Sandra Day OвЂ™ConnorвЂ™s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings-doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University.

Sandra Day OвЂ™Connor was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona.

Thomas has indicated his willingness to deliver the lecture next season, and we look forward to rescheduling that presentation. We regret to announce that the lecture by Evan Thomas on Sandra Day O'Connor, scheduled for March 1, has been cancelled.

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