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2. Rita Schwerner Bender - Wikipedia

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   Rita Schwerner Bender ( née Levant; born 1942) is an American civil rights activist and lawyer. She and her first husband, Michael Schwerner, participated in the Freedom Summer of 1964, where Michael was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. As his young widow, she drew national attention for her commentary on racial prejudice in the United States ...

3. Gladney Center for Adoption - Wikipedia

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   The Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas, US, provides adoption and advocacy services. Following its 1880s origins, when it focused on locating homes for orphans during a period of mass migration. It evolved into lobbying, international adoptions, counseling, maternity services, education and philanthropy .

4. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute - Wikipedia

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   The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ( CCAI) is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization "dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of children around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving families and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right to a family ...

5. LGBT rights in Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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   Domestic partnership since 2007. Adoption. Same-sex couples permitted to adopt. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the U.S. state of Washington have evolved significantly since the late 20th century. Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1976. LGBT people are fully protected from discrimination in the areas of ...

6. Same-sex marriage in Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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   Washington was the seventh U.S. state, and the eighth U.S. jurisdiction overall to legally provide same-sex marriages. Previously, in 1998, the state had enacted the Defense of Marriage Act that restricted marriage to different-sex couples, reinforcing its statutes that had been interpreted by a state court in 1974 as imposing the same restriction.

7. Ann Washington Craton - Wikipedia

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   Craton's first job out of college was as a case investigator and adoption supervisor for the Washington, D.C., Board of Children's Guardians. Founded by Congress in 1892, this agency was charged with reviewing requests from indigent parents or guardians and interfacing with parents seeking to adopt.