APPEALING FOR JUSTICE. ONE LAWYER, FOUR DECADES AND THE LANDMARK GAY RIGHTS CASE: ROMER V. EVANS - Tecno-Libro

Jean Eberhart Dubofsky came of age when trouble was around every corner, fueled by one grave injustice or another. Appealing For Justice is the story of how this shy, unknown, and unheralded woman found her place at the table again and again, then led the way, broke down barriers and helped shape the direction and flow of history. At almost every step, Jean Dubofsky s story mirrors, reflects, or reveals the depth of the injustice, discrimination, and inequality that lay hidden just beneath the surface of the country we thought ourselves to be. . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Dubofsky made history in 1979 when she was the first woman appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court, then made history again in 1996 at the U.S. Supreme Court when she argued and won the landmark gay rights case, Romer v. Evans. Dubofsky s journey from helping to shape and implement the strategy that led to the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, to bringing