Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.