hospital to give birth and the doctor said, you have a healthy baby boy, but your wife died of an embolismstephen was determined that he did not work full-time until his child was in school full time. he earned the minimum that he could make combined with social security benefits come and make a living for himself and his infant son. when you went to the social security office, they said, we are very sorry, they said, these are mothers benefits. they're available to widowed mothers, but not widow fathers. i came to know about his case when he wrote a letter to the editor of his local newspaper. lotaid, i'd been hearing a of talk about women's lib. this is what happened to me. how does that seem fitting? tell my story to gloria steinem. at the time, i was teaching at rutgers. the state university of new jersey. someone read this letter and she said, that is wrong. isn't it? he don't you suggest that contact the american civil used liberties union. that is how we started this case in the district court. it was not a question of putting on evidence. the facts undisputed. arguing the point tha