October- 31 Days. 31 Icons
- Details
- Category: Qmmunity Ties
- Published on Monday, 01 October 2012 12:04
- Hits: 221
“The ability to be in public life has been enormously positive to our movement.” Roberta Achtenberg serves as a commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She is the first openly gay presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate.
Achtenberg was born in Los Angeles. Her father emigrated from the Soviet Union and her mother from Canada. The family owned a neighborhood grocery store. Achtenberg earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her future husband. The couple moved to Salt Lake City, where Achtenberg earned a law degree from the University of Utah.
In 1979, after divorcing, Achtenberg met Mary Morgan, an attorney later appointed to a judgeship in the San Francisco Municipal Court. The couple became partners and had a son.
To read more go to www.lgbthistorymonth.com/roberta-achtenberg
