Dorothy Irene Height (1912 - 2010)

Born 24 Mar 1912 in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 20 Apr 2010 at age 98 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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Biography

Dorothy Height is Notable.

Dorothy Height was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Dorothy Height was a part of the Civil Rights Activist Movement.

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]

Sources

1. ↑ Dorothy Height at Wikipedia
2. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KG-CBF : 2 March 2021), Dorothy I Height, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Dr Dorothy Irene Height (24 Mar 1912–20 Apr 2010), Find A Grave: Memorial #51376467, citing Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find A Grave.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS47-FZZ : 12 January 2021), Dorothy I Height, 20 Apr 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• Dorothy Height biography
• Fox, Margalit, "Dorothy Height, Largely Unsung Giant of the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 98." New York Times, April 20, 2010.
• Wikipedia: Dorothy Height
• Wikidata: Item Q298259, en:Wikipedia