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
linked to: Connecticut Bar
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1920-04-20
dateOfDeath 2007-10-17
educatedAt Mount Holyoke College
Yale Law School
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Roraback
fieldOfWork civil liberties law
civil rights law
reproductive rights law
givenName Catherine
hasRelative Alberto T. Roraback
J. Henry Roraback
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
Sheff v. O’Neill
defense of Black Panther Party members in New Haven
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut
movement civil rights movement
reproductive rights movement
women's rights movement
name Catherine Roraback
notableWork Griswold v. Connecticut
occupation attorney
civil liberties lawyer
civil rights lawyer
partOf Roraback family of Connecticut
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut
placeOfDeath Canaan, Connecticut
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut
religion Unitarian Universalism
residence Canaan, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
sexOrGender female
workLocation Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut

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South Salem, New York hasNotableResident Catherine Roraback
Catherine Roraback name Catherine Roraback