Norma Zarky

Norma Goldstein Zarky (née Goldstein) (April 29, 1917 – October 24, 1977) was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights. Zarky was born in Brooklyn, New York to Maxwell Goldstein and Fannie Senfeld Goldstein. She attended James Madison High School (where the editors of her graduating high school yearbook wrote a poem joking about her aspiration of becoming a lawyer). She attended Barnard Col... More

Date of birth:

  • Apr 29, 1917

Date of death:

  • Oct 24, 1977 (age 60 years)
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