SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dorothy Height

1912 - 2010

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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. 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 the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Dorothy Height is the 720th most popular social activist (down from 710th in 2024), the 14,315th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,417th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dorothy Height ranks 720 out of 840. Before her are Gloria Allred, Munir Said Thalib, Derek Chauvin, Anthony Dod Mantle, Crystal Eastman, and Faiza Jama Mohamed. After her are Manasi Pradhan, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, Ni Yulan, Matthew Shepard, Andrea James, and Jacqueline Moudeina.

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Among people born in 1912, Dorothy Height ranks 420. Before her are Dale Evans, Frances Drake, June Havoc, Odette Hallowes, Fatima Massaquoi, and Frank Lovejoy. After her are James Craig, Malika Pukhraj, Joan Davis, Dane Clark, and Bill Brown. Among people deceased in 2010, Dorothy Height ranks 476. Before her are Wally Hickel, Ksenija Pajčin, Billy Taylor, Sławomir Skrzypek, Eddie Baily, and Lamont Johnson. After her are Helen Wagner, Barbara Billingsley, Yvette Vickers, Teena Marie, Harry Schwarz, and Janusz Kurtyka.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Dorothy Height ranks 126. Before her are Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), Gloria Allred (1941), Derek Chauvin (1976), and Crystal Eastman (1881). After her are Matthew Shepard (1976), Andrea James (1967), John Paulson (1955), Wendell Phillips (1811), Bill Ayers (1944), and Ruthie Tompson (1910).

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