Arizona Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest Sandra Day O'Connor, H. Alan Day Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court and frequent swing vote in major legal decisions, describes her childhood on a cattle ranch in the Southeast corner of Arizona. Lazy B tells of three generations of the Day family, from H.C. Day, who first grazed cattle on the land in 1886, to O'Connor's parents, who eloped and lived there all their lives, to O'Connor and brother Alan, her co-author, who took over the operation as their father aged. Telling the tale of their frugal yet happy family life in a matter-of-fact style, sister and brother remain nonetheless deeply nostalgic for the Lazy B, carved up and sold off when the younger generation forsook the harsh ranching life. Although they live on a large and generally prosperous ranch, life is nonetheless strenuous. Weathering events from the Great Depression to cyclical drought, the family works alongside a colorful crew of cowboys, learning the ways of cattle, horses, and a system of values that "was simple and unsophisticated and the product of necessity." Until O'Connor takes part in the roundup, it's been an all-male event. She gains acceptance from the cowboys by doing her job well, presaging her future role as a gender groundbreaker.