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Abortion Law and legislation United States History Abortion Political aspects United States Abortion United States Public opinion HISTORY / United States / 20th Century LAW / Gender & the Law POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics Roe, Jane 1947-2017 Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Abortion) Washington (D.C.) Wade, Henry Trials, litigation, etc Women social reformers United States BiographyPrager, Joshua
Summary: Despite her famous pseudonym, "Jane Roe," no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1969 opened a great fracture in American life. Journalist Joshua Prager spent hundreds of hours with Norma, discovered her personal papers--a previously unseen trove--and witnessed her final moments. This book presents her life in full.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 PRAPrager, Joshua
Summary: Reports on the Supreme Court's most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 0000
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2 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT PRAZiegler, Mary
Summary: "Over its half-century of public life, Roe v. Wade took on meanings that extended far beyond its original purpose of protecting the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. At various times, it forced us to confront hard questions about judicial activism and restraint, the believability of science, racial justice, the suppression of religion, and much more. Mary Ziegler explores the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2023