Sally Reed
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Sally Reed was the woman whose challenge to a discriminatory Idaho inheritance law led to the landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case Reed v. Reed, the first to strike down a law for sex-based discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sally Reed canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T808819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sally Reed Context triple: [Reed v. Reed, petitioner, Sally Reed]
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A.
Lee Russell
Lee Russell was an American photographer known for his work documenting rural life and poverty in the United States as part of the Farm Security Administration project during the Great Depression.
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B.
Alma Reville
Alma Reville was a British screenwriter, editor, and assistant director best known for her long creative collaboration with and marriage to filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
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C.
Sandy Powell
Sandy Powell is a renowned British costume designer celebrated for her innovative and influential work on numerous acclaimed films.
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D.
Jennifer Lame
Jennifer Lame is an American film editor known for her frequent collaborations with prominent directors such as Christopher Nolan, including her work on the 2023 biographical thriller "Oppenheimer."
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E.
Barbara Loden
Barbara Loden was an American actress and pioneering independent filmmaker best known for writing, directing, and starring in the 1970 film "Wanda."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sally Reed Target entity description: Sally Reed was the woman whose challenge to a discriminatory Idaho inheritance law led to the landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case Reed v. Reed, the first to strike down a law for sex-based discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
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A.
Lee Russell
Lee Russell was an American photographer known for his work documenting rural life and poverty in the United States as part of the Farm Security Administration project during the Great Depression.
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B.
Alma Reville
Alma Reville was a British screenwriter, editor, and assistant director best known for her long creative collaboration with and marriage to filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
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C.
Sandy Powell
Sandy Powell is a renowned British costume designer celebrated for her innovative and influential work on numerous acclaimed films.
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D.
Jennifer Lame
Jennifer Lame is an American film editor known for her frequent collaborations with prominent directors such as Christopher Nolan, including her work on the 2023 biographical thriller "Oppenheimer."
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E.
Barbara Loden
Barbara Loden was an American actress and pioneering independent filmmaker best known for writing, directing, and starring in the 1970 film "Wanda."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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civil rights litigant ⓘ gender equality pioneer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Reed v. Reed
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surface form:
Reed v. Reed (1971)
U.S. Supreme Court gender discrimination jurisprudence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| describedAs | woman whose challenge led to the landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case Reed v. Reed ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Cecil Reed ⓘ |
| heldThat | laws that arbitrarily prefer men over women as estate administrators violate the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to recognition that sex-based classifications can violate equal protection
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helped establish constitutional scrutiny of sex-based discrimination in U.S. law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| knownFor |
being the named plaintiff in Reed v. Reed
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challenging a discriminatory Idaho inheritance law ⓘ involvement in the first U.S. Supreme Court case to strike down a law for sex-based discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| legalAction | challenged Idaho’s preference for men over women as estate administrators ⓘ |
| legalContext |
Equal Protection Clause
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surface form:
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| legalIssue | administration of her deceased son’s estate ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Equal Protection Clause
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sex-based discrimination ⓘ |
| notableCourtCase | Reed v. Reed ⓘ |
| opposedLaw | Idaho statute preferring men to women as administrators of estates ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Idaho ⓘ |
| party |
Cecil Reed
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Sally Reed self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| residence | Idaho ⓘ |
| roleInCase | plaintiff in Reed v. Reed ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significance | first U.S. Supreme Court case to strike down a law for sex-based discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sally Reed Description of subject: Sally Reed was the woman whose challenge to a discriminatory Idaho inheritance law led to the landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case Reed v. Reed, the first to strike down a law for sex-based discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Reed v. Reed