Catherine Roraback

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Catherine Roraback was a prominent American civil rights and civil liberties attorney best known for arguing the landmark reproductive rights case Griswold v. Connecticut before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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instanceOf American lawyer
civil liberties attorney
civil rights attorney
human
lawyer
awardReceived Connecticut Bar Association awards for public service NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1920-04-20
dateOfDeath 2007-10-17
educatedAt Mount Holyoke College NERFINISHED
Yale Law School
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Roraback NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil liberties law
civil rights law
reproductive rights law
givenName Catherine
hasRelative Alberto T. Roraback NERFINISHED
J. Henry Roraback NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy for reproductive rights
arguing Griswold v. Connecticut before the U.S. Supreme Court
civil liberties litigation in Connecticut
languageSpoken English
legalCaseParticipatedIn Griswold v. Connecticut NERFINISHED
Sheff v. O’Neill NERFINISHED
defense of Black Panther Party members in New Haven
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union NERFINISHED
American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut NERFINISHED
movement American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement

reproductive rights movement
women's rights movement
name Catherine Roraback NERFINISHED
notableWork Griswold v. Connecticut NERFINISHED
occupation attorney
civil liberties lawyer
civil rights lawyer
partOf Roraback family of Connecticut NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Canaan, Connecticut NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut
religion Unitarian Universalism NERFINISHED
residence Canaan, Connecticut NERFINISHED
New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
workLocation Connecticut NERFINISHED
New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED

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South Salem, New York hasNotableResident Catherine Roraback