Dorothy Height - Wikipedia Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist [1] She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness [2]
Dorothy Height - Quotes, Death Facts - Biography Dorothy Height was a leader in addressing the rights of both women and African Americans as the president of the National Council of Negro Women In the 1990s, she drew
The Legacy of Dorothy Height - National Center for Civil and . . . After attending New York University and Columbia University, Height became a social workers and transformed that career into one as an activist for civil and women’s rights While working for the Harlem YWCA, she met Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt
Dorothy Height | National Council of Negro Women, NAACP . . . Dorothy Height was an American civil rights and women’s rights activist, a widely respected and influential leader of organizations focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women
Dorothy I. Height - U. S. National Park Service Dorothy Height is recognized as one of the most influential women in the modern civil rights movement President of the National Council of Negro Women
Biography of Dorothy Height: Civil Rights Leader - ThoughtCo Dorothy Height (March 24, 1912–April 20, 2010) was a teacher, social service worker, and the four-decade-long president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) She was called the "godmother of the women's movement" for her work for women's rights, and was one of few women present on the speaking platform during the 1963 March on