Dr. Dorothy Irene Height

Authors

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Publication Date

4-29-2010

Birth Date

3-24-1912

Death Date

4-20-2010

City

Washington, DC

Officiant(s)

Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.; The Rt. Reverend John Bryon Chane;

Church

The Cathedral Church of St. Peter & St. Paul in the city & Episcopal Diocese of Washington;

Funeral Home

Myers Funeral Home, Huntington, IN;

Cemetery

Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Marion, IN;

Note

Funeral Program provided by the Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center

Keywords

African-American civil rights and women's rights activist; credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women; National Council of Negro Women; National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research; born in Richmond, Virginia; Mckees Rocks Rankin, Pennsylvania; President of the National Council of Negro Women; President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy for her funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral; The Cathedral Church of St. Peter & St. Paul in the city & Episcopal Diocese of Washington; Myers Funeral Home, Huntington, IN; Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Marion, IN;

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Public History

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Recommended Citation

"Dr. Dorothy Irene Height" (2010). African American Funeral Programs. 14598.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/willowhillheritage-obituaries/14598