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Sandra Day O’Connor, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton and other women who made history as firsts in their fields

Hillary Clinton may be the most recent woman to make history, but there are many who came before her.

Sept. 25 marks 35 years since Sandra Day O’Connor began as the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court. She served from 1981 to 2006.

Here’s a look back at some of the women who were firsts in their fields.