Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Dorothy Height (American Activist)

Dorothy Height (1912–2010,) fully Dorothy Irene Height, was American civil rights and women’s rights activist. She focused primarily on improving the circumstances and opportunities for African-American women.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Height became a civil-rights activist began with anti-lynching protests in the 1920s when she was a caseworker for the New York City welfare department. Height earned a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s in psychology from New York University. In the 1930s, Height’s work with the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) led to her advocacy of improved conditions for black domestic workers.

An influential civil-rights leader, Height was president of the National Council of Negro Women 1957–96. As chair of the executive committee of the Leadership Conference On Civil Rights, the umbrella organization for the civil rights movement, Height helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
Dorothy Height

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