Blog 38

With everything that our country deals with there are always though how help break things out of the normal cycle that they are in. It seems that our country gets into a certain path that allows for us to get very comfortable within that certain area, which in turn becomes primary and then to break out of the cycle becomes a huge event that can take a numerous about of years to overcome. A personal story that comes to my mind is with the state of Arizona. The internal justice commission that governs most of the states internal audits was always ran by men. I am fortunate enough to say that my grandmother was the first woman to ever run that department prior to her retirement in 1998. Being able to say that someone within my family was able to break barriers like that is nothing short of amazing! Another very remarkable woman in my opinion is the Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. She was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court Justice and has a lot of ground breaking under her belt as well. I think something that is really cool as well is for the residents of Arizona. Prior to her election into the Supreme Court she was one to sit on the bench here in Arizona. That’s very special recognition for our state as well. Other women that has made quite a bit of ground for our court system is Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg. She is the second women to sit on the bench following the election of Sandra Day O’Connor. She herself has made quite a bit of headway as well within our justice system as well. A majority of her career was centered on the advocacy of equal citizenship status for both men and women. She is a strong believer in equal rights, and used that philosophy quite a bit when making rulings on her cases. Both of these women I feel are individuals that have helped pave the way for future women to enter into the justice system. Like I said earlier, in everything that occurs when something is outside the norm it takes someone to break that norm to start a change, these two women in my opinion have done just that.

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