Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 18th, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phelps interviews author Joshua Prager on his research over Roe v. Wade and the involvement of lawyer Henry McCluskey in the life of Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe. Prager discusses Henry McCluskey's identity as a gay man, his roll connecting Norma McCorvey to her lawyer Linda Coffee, his legal career, and his murder in 1973. They continue to discuss newspaper coverage of McCluskey's murder and rumors of his sexual identity which circulated following his death. Prager closes by discussing the …
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Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 18th, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phelps interviews author Joshua Prager on his research over Roe v. Wade and the involvement of lawyer Henry McCluskey in the life of Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe. Prager discusses Henry McCluskey's identity as a gay man, his roll connecting Norma McCorvey to her lawyer Linda Coffee, his legal career, and his murder in 1973. They continue to discuss newspaper coverage of McCluskey's murder and rumors of his sexual identity which circulated following his death. Prager closes by discussing the overlap between the fight for Women's and Gay rights.
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Interviews recorded for the purpose of being included in a narrative podcast series titled "Queering the Lone Star State: The Legal Battle for Equality in Texas."