SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Pauli Murray

1910 - 1985

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Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist, advocate, legal scholar and theorist, author and – later in life – an Episcopal priest. Murray's work influenced the civil rights movement and expanded legal protection for gender equality. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray was essentially orphaned and then raised mostly by her maternal aunt in Durham, North Carolina. At age 16, she moved to New York City to attend Hunter College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Pauli Murray is the 708th most popular social activist (down from 698th in 2024), the 13,989th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,039th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pauli Murray ranks 708 out of 840. Before her are Zahra Eshraghi, Maxim Martsinkevich, Stanislav Markelov, Julia Butterfly Hill, Anna Hutsol, and Sheila Watt-Cloutier. After her are Susana Trimarco, Yoani Sánchez, Judith Heumann, Grace Abbott, Zakia Zaki, and Gloria Allred.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Pauli Murray ranks 413. Before her are Patsy Kelly, Willard Schmidt, Nellie Halstead, Jacinto Villalba, Frank Loesser, and Lucille Ricksen. After her are Steven S. DeKnight, Dick Foran, Nicholas Monsarrat, Marguerite Churchill, Mallikarjun Mansur, and Gale Page. Among people deceased in 1985, Pauli Murray ranks 288. Before her are George Chandler, Mary MacLaren, Frank Faylen, Pelle Lindbergh, Gabriel Elorde, and George K. Arthur. After her are John Davis Lodge, William Alwyn, Marion Martin, Pete Desjardins, Stepin Fetchit, and James Craig.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Pauli Murray ranks 120. Before her are Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Bobby Henderson (1980), Betty Ong (1956), and Julia Butterfly Hill (1974). After her are Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), Gloria Allred (1941), Derek Chauvin (1976), Crystal Eastman (1881), and Dorothy Height (1912).

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