Historical FigureFemale
Norma McCorvey
1947 – 2017
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryNorma Leah Nelson McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 22, 1947
Simmesport
Date of death
February 18, 2017
Katy
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
autobiographeractivist
- Field and occupation
- Žalobkyní v americkém soudním případu Roe vs. Wade a aktivistka hnutí Pro-life
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