Category:Dorothy Height

**Dorothy Height**
	American activist (1912-2010) Dorothy Height el 2008
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Date of birth	24 March 1912; Richmond; Dorothy Irene Height
Date of death	20 April 2010 (98 years old); Howard University Hospital (Washington, D.C.), Washington, D.C.
Manner of death	natural causes;
Place of burial	Fort Lincoln Cemetery (Gazebo Mausoleum, Section 105, Row 2, Crypt H);
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Columbia University; New York University (bachelor's degree, –1932); Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Columbia University School of Social Work;
Occupation	educator; journalist; social worker; politician; human rights activist; pedagogue; political activist;
Employer	Harlem YWCA (1937–); YWCA USA;
Member of	National Women's Political Caucus (founding member); Delta Sigma Theta (president); YWCA USA; National Council of Negro Women (president, 1958–1990); Big Six; National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1974); African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom (founding member, 1990–); Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (chairperson);
Field of work	human rights; civil and political rights; women's rights; racial discrimination; civil rights;
Award received	Spingarn Medal (1993); Presidential Citizens Medal (1989); Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994); Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want (1944); National Women's Hall of Fame (1993); Candace Award (1986); Congressional Gold Medal (2003); Heinz Award (2001); International Civil Rights Walk of Fame; Phoenix Award (1974, 1986); Jefferson Awards for Public Service (2001); lifetime achievement award; honorary degree (2004); Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year (1974); honorary doctorate (1967); honorary doctorate (1970); honorary doctor of Harvard University (1970); honorary doctorate (1970); honorary doctor of the Howard University (1975); honorary degree (1974); honorary doctorate (1975); honorary doctorate (1977); honorary degree from Spelman College (1981); honorary doctorate (1982); honorary doctorate (1983); honorary doctorate (1985); honorary doctorate (1989); honorary doctorate from Princeton University (1990); honorary doctorate (1992); honorary doctorate (1993); …;
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	Q298259; ISNI: 0000000121973432; VIAF ID: 162733747; GND ID: 129183571; Library of Congress authority ID: no90024764; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 165212660; IdRef ID: 135646383; NL CR AUT ID: mzk20211114783; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068764375; NUKAT ID: n2017012168; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10574789; BabelNet ID: 00150794n; Open Library ID: OL1516767A, OL7752375A; IMDb ID: nm0374026
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Media in category "Dorothy Height"

The following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total.

2003 Dorothy Height Congressional Gold Medal front.jpg 1,106 × 1,123; 1.37 MB
2003 Dorothy Height Congressional Gold Medal.jpg 368 × 368; 50 KB
Akaconvention.jpg 400 × 300; 25 KB
American Association of University Women members with President John F. Kennedy as he signs the Equal Pay Act into law.jpg 1,000 × 778; 158 KB
Curated compilation of Candace participants.jpg 2,048 × 2,048; 915 KB
Dorothy Height (13270321444).jpg 3,393 × 3,740; 812 KB
Dorothy Height presents Eleanor Roosevelt the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award, 12 Nov 1960.jpg 3,000 × 2,327; 2.06 MB
DorothyHeight Book Nordstrom VA 15feb97.jpg 785 × 1,168; 105 KB
Dorothyheight.jpg 400 × 300; 28 KB
DorothyIHeight.BFRC.WDC.6September1997 - Flickr - Elvert Barnes.jpg 1,175 × 783; 86 KB
Dr. Dorothy I. Height and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (4537721691).jpg 600 × 768; 172 KB
DrDorothyHeight.jpg 1,944 × 2,408; 1.33 MB
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennnedy (President's Commission on the Status of Women) - NARA - 196594.jpg 3,000 × 2,349; 1.34 MB
Eleanor Roosevelt receiving the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award from Dorothy Height, president of the National... - NARA - 196283.jpg 3,000 × 2,327; 1.09 MB
Height and Maddox.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 2.44 MB
Photograph Contact Sheets for June 3, 1993 through June 9, 1993 B054dccb7c2fc5f0b173e2d044dbb4ea.pdf 1,177 × 1,570, 115 pages; 136.03 MB
President Bill Clinton Meeting with Black Women's Leadership Group.jpg 600 × 398; 109 KB
President John F. Kennedy Signs the Equal Pay Act (14006725897).jpg 5,950 × 5,935; 6.46 MB
President John F. Kennedy Signs the Equal Pay Act.jpg 3,150 × 3,142; 1.6 MB
Rosa Parks story movie (wiki page) Dorothy Height and Angela Bassett (48591893776).jpg 1,282 × 930; 261 KB
US Navy 090604-N-9268E-003 Chief Hospital Corpsman Dana L. Wallace, assigned to the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, presents civil rights activist Dorothy Height a flag certified as flown over the Pentagon.jpg 2,553 × 1,858; 2.78 MB
Vice President Hubert Humphrey speaks after a meeting with Civil Rights leaders.tif 5,476 × 3,723; 19.46 MB
Ms. magazine Cover - Spring 2010.jpg 1,663 × 2,213; 2.61 MB

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