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Jean Childs Young (July 1, 1933 – September 16, 1994) was an educator and advocate for equal access to education in the United States. Young also dedicated much of her life to involvement in children's rights, and served as the American chairwoman of the United Nation's International Year of the Child in 1979.
17 de dic. de 2010 · Learn about the life and achievements of Jean Childs Young, the first lady of Atlanta and a prominent educator and children's advocate. She was married to Andrew Young, a civil rights leader and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Jean Childs Young was a Black educator activist for racial justice and equitable education. She was born on this date in 1933 in Marion, Alabama and met Andrew Young in 1952. She taught in Georgia, Connecticut, and Atlanta, and worked with the Civil Rights movement and the UN. She died of liver cancer in 1994.
17 de sept. de 1994 · Jean Childs Young, an educator who was active in civil rights and children's causes and was the wife of Andrew Young, the former Atlanta Mayor and United States Representative to the United...
Jean Childs Young, born on July 1, 1933 in Marian, Alabama, was an educator and civil and human rights activist, particularly to women and children. She participated in historical civil rights events, including the 1961 boycott of downtown lunch counters in Atlanta, the 1965 Selma march for voting rights, and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign ...
17 de sept. de 1994 · ATLANTA -- Jean Childs Young, 61, a former educator and aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who was the wife of former U.N. ambassador, Atlanta mayor and Georgia congressman Andrew Young...
Jean Young was a prominent activist for civil rights, education, and children ’ s welfare whose work spanned more than three decades. In 1978 she became widely known as the chairperson of the International Year of the Child.
