"Jerry Was a Man" (1947) is a short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It is about an attempt by a genetically modified chimpanzee to achieve human rights. The main theme of the story is civil liberties, in this case extended towards a group of genetically enhanced chimpanzees to allow them equal rights under the law.
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- contained in Assignment in Eternitycollection
- contained in Lost Legacycollection
- contained in New Worlds to Conquercollection
- contained in Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinleincollection
- contained in Overruled!anthology
- contained in The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1anthology