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27 de mar. de 2007 · Born on March 24, 1912, Dorothy Irene Height was an activist, administrator, and educator dedicated racial and women’s equality in the United States. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, to James Height, a building contractor, and Fannie (Burroughs) Height, a nurse.. She moved with her family to Rankin, a town near Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, at the age of four.
Dorothy Height. Dorothy Irene Heigh ( Richmond (Virgínia) 24 de març del 1912 - Washington DC 20 d'abril del 2010) fou una funcionària, educadora i activista pels drets civils i els drets de la dona estatunidenca. La seva tasca social se centrà en els problemes de les dones afroamericanes, com l' analfabetisme, l' atur i el dret a vot.
13 de sept. de 2003 · Civic leader Dorothy Height was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 24, 1912. At an early age, she moved with her family to Rankin, Pennsylvania. While in high school, Height was awarded a scholarship to New York University for her oratory skills, where she studied and earned her master's degree.
30 de abr. de 2010 · DOROTHY HEIGHT: I say, anyway, that African American women are very special women, because we’re women who seldom do what we want to do but always do what we have to do.
Dorothy Height, 1912-2010. Activista de los derechos civiles y de la mujer. Una de las principales figuras del movimiento por los derechos civiles en la década de 1960. Dorothy Height nació en Richmond, Virginia, y creció en Rankin, Pensilvania. Durante su infancia, asistió con su madre a las reuniones de la Federación de Clubes de Mujeres ...
20 de abr. de 2010 · Legendary civil rights leader Dorothy Height died Tuesday morning, at 98. She dedicated her life to empowering women and blacks, and lead the National Council of Negro Women for four decades.
28 de sept. de 2022 · Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a lifetime of activism. In 1937 she began working at the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York, where she worked for over forty years. Working with the YWCA, Height met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Mary McLeod
