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The first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, Mrs. Edelman directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi, worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as counsel for his Poor People’s Campaign, and dedicated her early career to defending the civil liberties of people struggling to overcome poverty ...
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for children, especially children in poverty for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation’s strongest voice for children and families.
As leader and principal spokesperson for the CDF, Edelman worked to persuade United States Congress to overhaul foster care, support adoption, improve child care and protect children who are disabled, homeless, abused or neglected.
- Nellie Pappas, Marian Wright Edelman
- 1987
As leader and principal spokesperson for the CDF, Edelman worked to persuade Congress to overhaul foster care, support adoption, improve child care and protect children who are disabled, homeless, abused or neglected.
Under her leadership, the CDF became a highly effective organization in advocating children’s rights; in 2018 Edelman stepped down as president and became president emerita in the office of the founder. In 1996 she founded a similar organization, Stand for Children.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 17, 2016 · She continued as the project’s director while also directing the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University, where she had accompanied her husband in 1971. The Washington Research Project ultimately became the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) in 1973.
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May 7, 2019 · Children's Defense Fund. In 1973, Edelman established the Children's Defense Fund as a voice for poor, minority, and disabled children. She served as a public speaker on behalf of these children, and also as a lobbyist in Congress and both president and administrative head of the organization.
