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  1. Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment , illiteracy , and voter awareness. [2]

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Height died in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2010. Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was among the many who mourned the passing of the famed champion for equality and ...

  3. women’s rights movement. Dorothy Height (born March 24, 1912, Richmond, Va., U.S.—died April 20, 2010, Washington, D.C.) was an American civil rights and women’s rights activist, a widely respected and influential leader of organizations focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women ...

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  4. Dorothy Height, 1912-2010. Photo credit - Adrian Hood @ Wikipedia. A civil and women's rights activist. One of the leading figures of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dorothy Height was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania. Growing up, she attended, with her mother, the meetings of the Pennsylvania Federation ...

  5. Dorothy Irene Height was born on March 24th, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia. Her family later moved to Rankin, Pennsylvania where she excelled as a student. Height eventually received a scholarship to attend college. In 1929, she was admitted to Barnard College but was not allowed to attend because the school did not admit African Americans.

  6. Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. Height is credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women and African Americans as problems that should be considered as a whole. She was the president of ...

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  8. Aug 15, 2019 · Dorothy Height (March 24, 1912–April 20, 2010) was a teacher, social service worker, and the four-decade-long president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). She was called the "godmother of the women's movement" for her work for women's rights, and was one of few women present on the speaking platform during the 1963 March on ...

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