Sharron Frontiero Cohen

Former U.S. Air Force officer Sharron Frontiero Cohen was the plaintiff in the 1973 caseĀ Frontiero v. Richardson. In this case, she sued the federal government for denying her and her spouse health and housing benefits awarded to married male officers.

Portrait of Sharron Frontiero Cohen, plaintiff in landmark Supreme Court case
Photo courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center; photo by Valerie Downes
Portrait of Sharron Frontiero Cohen, plaintiff in landmark Supreme Court case