MGH Workbook Exercise 4

MGH Workbook Exercise 4-1 page 101

Complete Subject	Simple Subject	Complete Predicate	Simple Predicate--Verb
Sandra Day	Sandra Day	was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1930	was born
She	She	attended Stanford Law School	attended
One of her fellow students	One	was William Rehnquist	was
Sandra Day	Sandra Day	married a law student named J.O.	married
She	She	worked as a civilian lawyer for the U.S. Army in Germany	worked
Returning to the United States, Sandra Day O’Connor	Sandra Day O’Connor	gave birth to her first three sons	gave
Major law firms in the 1950s	Firms	did not hire many women	did hire
Sandra Day O’Connor	Sandra Day O’Connor	to stay active…opened a small law office with another attorney	opened
she	She	to devote time…suspended her law practice in the early 1960s	suspended
She	She	performed volunteer work for a number of organizations	performed
she	she	later…took a part-time job assisting Arizona’s attorney general	took
Sandra Day O’Connor	Sandra Day O’Connor	in 1969…was appointed to fill a vacant seat in the state senate	was appointed
she	she	four years later…became a majority leader of the senate	became
she	she	in 1974…was appointed to the Arizona Superior Court	Was appointed
Her abilities as a thoughtful judge	abilities	impressed many attorneys	impressed
she	she	in 1981…was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Reagan	Was appointed
she	she	in September 1981…became the first female to sit on the United States Supreme Court	became
She	She	often wrote more decisions than many of her male colleagues.	wrote
she	she	although treated for breast cancer…maintained a full work schedule in 1988	maintained
Many women	women	view Sandra Day O’Connor as a role model demonstrating how women can successfully combine career and family responsibilities	view

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