lorena lockwood, when she retired, there was a woman that took her place on the maricopa county superior court bench, and that woman was sandra day o'connor. sandra had grated one of the tops of her class at stan formed law school and like lookwood, she could not find employment in the private legal world. she found a job in government, i think in california in san mateo county as an assistant attorney for the county offices then she came to arizona, married, had three young boys of her own and she found jobs here in the state -- she ran for the state legislature. she became the first majority leader of the -- a state legislature when she assumed office in the state senate in the early 1970's, was chosen by for ers and then she ran superior court judge and her nominations were always supported across party lines. bruce babb it, democratic governor support her at a time when politics were a little less contentious here in this state and nationally as well, i guess. and she's, of course, was named to the u.s. supreme court in 19 1. in 199 when all these women were elected to office here, t