Carol Ruth Silver
Carol Ruth Silver (born October 1, 1938)[1][page needed] is an American lawyer and civil rights activist.[10] In 1984, former city supervisor Dan White reportedly confessed to San Francisco Police Department homicide detective Frank Falzon, six years after he shot and killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, that the murders were premeditated.Falzon said White told him he planned to kill not just Milk and Moscone, but also Silver and state assemblyman Willie Brown.[citation needed] In the summer of 2002 she traveled to Afghanistan to explore ways that American citizens could extend a hand of friendship to the Afghan people, and she has founded or co-founded three organizations dedicated in different ways to supporting and promoting education in Afghanistan, particularly of women and girls.[citation needed] In 2007, Silver was appointed director of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department's Office of Prisoner Legal Services.