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Dorothy Height

American activist (1912-2010)
Person human Q298259

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[46]
Date of birth
March 24, 1912
Date of death
April 20, 2010
Place of birth
Richmond
Place of death
Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.[8]
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Ethnic group
African Americans[11]
Occupation
educator, journalist, social worker, politician, human rights defender, pedagogue, political activist[12][13]
Employer
Harlem YWCA, YWCA USA[19][20]
Field of work
human rights, civil and political rights, women's rights, racial discrimination, civil rights[14][15][16][17][18]
Educated at
Columbia University, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Columbia University School of Social Work[21][22][23][24]
Award received
Spingarn Medal, Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, National Women's Hall of Fame, Candace Award, Congressional Gold Medal, Heinz Award, International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, Phoenix Award, Jefferson Awards for Public Service, lifetime achievement award, honorary degree, Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctor of Harvard University, honorary doctorate, honorary doctor of the Howard University, honorary degree, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary degree from Spelman College, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, award, award, award, award, award, honorary degree from Spelman College[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Archives at
Smith College
Birth name
Dorothy Irene Height
Described by source
Notable Black American Women, 100 Greatest African Americans
Family name
Height
Given name
Dorothy, Irene
Manner of death
natural causes
Member of
National Women's Political Caucus, Delta Sigma Theta, YWCA USA, National Council of Negro Women, Big Six, National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights[39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia
Oral history at
Black Women Oral History Project
Place of burial
Fort Lincoln Cemetery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dorothy Height en Dr Dorothy I. Height en Dorothy Irene Height en Dorothy I. Height ar دوروثي هايت cs Dorothy Irene Height cs Dorothy Heightová cs Dorothy Height de Dorothy Irene Height fa دوروتی هایت fi Dorothy Irene Height he דורותי הייט ja ドロシー・ハイト pt Dorothy Irene Height ru Дороти Хайт ru Хайт, Дороти sv Dorothy Irene Height sv Height uk Дороті Хайт
🔖 Identifiers · 60
ISNI
0000000121973432
VIAF cluster ID
162733747
Library of Congress authority ID
no90024764
GND ID
129183571
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DrDorothyHeight.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1501401
Awards & Winners artist ID
03_z_f
BabelNet ID
00150794n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
165212660
Bing entity ID
524f3aea-a611-4d61-aafa-59d652412ae8
BlackPast.org ID
african-american-history/height-dorothy-irene-1912
C-SPAN person numeric ID
6141
Show all 60 identifiers +48
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
6141
CineMagia person ID
731131
Collective Biographies of Women ID
15764
DPLA subject term
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010
Described at URL
herlegacymatters.de
Dimensions author ID
01122377306.74
Douban personage ID
27306434
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
0545
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Dorothy-Height
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
dorothy-height
FAST ID
1753789
FemBio ID
12996
Find a Grave memorial ID
51376467
Freebase ID
/m/03_z_f
Geni.com profile ID
6000000178485327951
Goodreads author ID
60930
Goodreads character ID
307618
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m03_z_f
Google Doodle
dorothy-irene-heights-102nd-birthday-born-1912
IMDb ID
nm0374026
IdRef ID
135646383
IxTheo authority ID
707174716
JRC Names ID
271615
Kinobox person ID
1209557
LibraryThing author ID
heightdorothyi
LittleSis people ID
166046
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20211114783
NUKAT ID
n2017012168
National Park Service people ID
dorothy-i-height
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068764375
Newman Numismatics Portal ID
949
Notable Names Database ID
153/000220490
Online Books Page author ID
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010
Open Library ID
OL1516767A, OL7752375A
Open Library subject ID
person:dorothy_i._height_(1912-)
Our Campaigns candidate ID
110004
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095928585
Prabook ID
417743, 3414641
SNAC ARK ID
w6z901p0, w6c09snp
ScienceOpen author ID
ba507362-a678-4dd4-ae71-f0d0cca446a0
Scopus author ID
6506709750
Semantic Scholar author ID
51004333
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10574789
Unz Review author ID
HeightDorothyI
WikiTree person ID
Height-36
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Person", "DorothyIHeight::4d4b4"]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk94cQ8qDXdjtKpMfFh73
Yale LUX ID
person/e8662ad5-651b-402a-8826-fb756d18c050

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🔗 Connections
Award received 16
Presidential Medal of Freedom, award, honorary degree, National Women's Hall of Fame, Congressional Gold Medal, honorary doctorate, Spingarn Medal, Presidential Citizens Medal +8 more
Occupation 7
politician, journalist, human rights defender, pedagogue, educator, social worker, political activist
Field of work 5
human rights, women's rights, civil and political rights, civil rights, racial discrimination
Educated at 4
Columbia University, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Columbia University School of Social Work
Given name 2
Irene, Dorothy
Member of 2
Big Six, National Women's Political Caucus
Archives at 1
Smith College
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
100 Greatest African Americans
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Richmond
Place of death 1
Washington, D.C.
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Dorothy Height was born in Richmond[1]. She died in Howard University Hospital[2]. She worked as an educator[3], journalist[4], social worker[5], politician[6], and human rights defender[7].

FAQs

Where was Dorothy Height born?

Dorothy Height's place of birth was Richmond[1].

Where did Dorothy Height die?

Dorothy Height passed away in Howard University Hospital[2].

What did Dorothy Height do for work?

Dorothy Height worked as an educator[3], journalist[4], social worker[5], politician[6], and human rights defender[7].

Where did Dorothy Height go to school?

Dorothy Height was educated at Columbia University[21], New York University[22], Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development[23], and Columbia University School of Social Work[24].

What awards did Dorothy Height receive?

Honors received include Spingarn Medal[25], Presidential Citizens Medal[26], Presidential Medal of Freedom[27], and Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want[28].

Related Entities

award Columbia University School of Social Work human rights Smith College United States

References

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  2. [2] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [46] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . blackpast.org. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . naacp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . rooseveltinstitute.org. Retrieved . rooseveltinstitute.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . womenofthehall.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [31] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . heinzawards.org. Retrieved . heinzawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . nps.gov. nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . The New York Times. s7.goeshow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . dorothyireneheight.org. dorothyireneheight.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [11] ↑ . Notable Black American Women. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . nwpc.org. Retrieved . nwpc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [40] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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