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Dorothy Height was an American administrator and educator, and was a civil rights and women's rights activist specifically focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. She was the 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.[1]
Dorothy Irene Height was born in Richmond, Virginia on March 24, 1912.[2] She was the daughter of James Height and Fannie Borroughs.
She died in Washington, District of Columbia on April 20, 2010, and was buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Maryland.[3]
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