What is Dorothy Height?
'''Dorothy Irene Height''' (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an [[Americans|American]] [[civil rights]] and [[women's rights]] [[activism|activist]]. She worked with issues of African American [[woman|women]]. She did unemployment, illiteracy and voter awareness work. She worked for the [[National Council of Negro Women]] for forty years. She received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1994 and the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] ten years after that. Height was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. She was raised in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], where she graduated [[high school]]. She died in [[Washington, D.C.]] at age 98. {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Height, Dorothy}} [[Category:American civil rights activists]] [[Category:People from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:People from Virginia]] [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Presidential Citizens Medal recipients]]