Sarah Weddington is an attorney who represented a plaintiff who later became an activist in what movement?
Sarah Weddington Sarah Ragle Weddington (born February 5, 1945), is an American attorney, law professor and former member of the Texas House of Representatives best known for representing "Jane Roe" (real name Norma McCorvey) in the landmark "Roe v. Wade" case before the United States Supreme Court. In 1989, she was portrayed by Amy Madigan in the television film "Roe vs. Wade".
Yvonne McCain Yvonne McCain (1948 - 2011) was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit, which led to a landmark ruling in 1986 by the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, stating that New York City could not deny emergency shelter for homeless families with children. However, the case was not settled until 2008, when it was settled by New York City and the Legal Aid Society. The McCain case was settled in 2008 in the "Boston v. City of New York" case, and the settlement upheld the legal right to shelter for homeless families and children.