| LC control no. | no 90024764 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1912-03-24 |
| Death date | 2010-04-20 |
| Place of birth | Richmond (Va.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | New York University National Council of Negro Women Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Civil rights workers |
| Found in | Her Interview with Dorothy I. Height, c1982: t.p. (Dorothy I. Height) leaf ii (Dorothy Irene Height, b. 3-24-1912, Richmond, Va.) OCLC, 11-12-90 (hdg.: Height, Dorothy Irene, 1910- ) Economic equity [VR] 1997: information sheet (Dr. Dorothy I. Height, President & CEO, National Council of Negro Women) Wikipedia WWW site, Apr. 20, 2010 (under Dorothy Height: Dorothy Irene Height; b. Mar. 24, 1912, Richmond, Va.; d. Apr. 20, 2010, Washington, D.C.; African American administrator, educator, social activist; 2004 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal) NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for Her Interview, 1970 Feb. 13 (HEIGHT, Dorothy (1913- ); President, National Council of Negro Women. Director, Office of Racial Justice, YWCA) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, August 10, 2014: (Height, Dorothy; Dorothy Irene Height; civil rights activist, women's rights advocate, human rights activist, organization founder / official; born 24 March 1912 in Richmond, Virginia, United States; proofreader for the Negro World; BA and MA in Educational Psychology, NYU; worked with the Brownsville Community Center in Brooklyn and the United Christian Youth Movement of North America (UCYMNA); president of the New York State Christian Youth Council; worked with Africans in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Guinea; President John F. Kennedy appointed her to the President's Commission on the Status of Women; secretary for interracial education on the YWCA's national board; director of the YWCA's Office of Racial Justice; member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; received the Citizens Medal Award from President Ronald Reagan (1989), the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton (1994), and the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush (2004); died 20 April 2010 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) |
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