They were organizers, writers, soldiers, printers, petitioners, diplomats, and spies. Many were not famous. They argued, sacrificed, and acted without knowing whether the country they imagined would survive.
Before It Became History, a new podcast series from the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute, tells those stories and others from America's founding era to the near present.
Each episode asks not only what these Americans did, but what their choices demanded of them—and what citizenship demands of us. Justice O'Connor spent her post-retirement years making a similar argument: democracy depends on citizens who understand their history, their institutions, and their responsibilities. Start the series today! oconnorinstitute.org/before-it-became-history/
The Historical League honored her as Arizona Historymaker in 1992. She continues to inspire us through the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute.
