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McCorvey, Norma, 1947-2017

LC control no.n 93123826
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingMcCorvey, Norma, 1947-2017
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Variant(s)Nelson, Norma Leah, 1947-2017
See alsoAlternate identity: Roe, Jane, 1947-2017
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LocatedDallas (Tex.)
Birth date1947-09-22
Death date2017-02-18
Place of birthSimmesport (La.)
Place of deathKaty (Tex.)
Field of activityAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Found inI am Roe, c1994: CIP t.p. (Norma McCorvey) data sheet (b. 09-22-47) galley (Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. Jane Roe; plaintiff in case legalizing abortion; lives in Dallas, Texas)
New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 21, 2017 (in obituary published Feb. 18: Norma McCorvey; b. Norma Leah Nelson, Sept. 22, 1947, Simmesport, La.; m. Elwood McCorvey (div.); d. Saturday [Feb. 18, 2017], Katy, Tex., aged 69; anonymous plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in the United States)
Associated languageeng