Dorothy Height

Profession: Women's and Civil Rights Activist

Nationality:

Biography: Focused on the issues of African-American women as president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.

Born: March 24, 1912
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Aries

Died: April 20, 2010 (aged 98)

Historical Events

1965-03-20 Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the "New York Amsterdam News"