Dr. Dorothy I. Height

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:advocatesFor racial justice
social justice
gender equality
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:New_York_University
gptkbp:author Open Wide the Freedom Gates
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkb:Spingarn_Medal
gptkb:National_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
Citizens Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-03-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:deathDate 2010-04-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_USA
gptkbp:degree Bachelor's in Education
Master's in Educational Psychology
gptkbp:education gptkb:New_York_University
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Dorothy_Irene_Height
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Howard_University
gptkb:Morehouse_College
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Spelman_College
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:Tuskegee_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Dorothy I. Height
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:March_on_Washington_(1963)
advocacy for African American women
work with Martin Luther King Jr.
work with Eleanor Roosevelt
work with Mary McLeod Bethune
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:YWCA
gptkb:Delta_Sigma_Theta_Sorority,_Inc.
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:activist
gptkb:suffragist
leadership in the National Council of Negro Women
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:educator
gptkbp:president gptkb:Delta_Sigma_Theta_Sorority,_Inc.
gptkb:National_Council_of_Negro_Women
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Fort_Lincoln_Cemetery,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:subjectOf United States Postal Service commemorative stamp
biography: 'Open Wide the Freedom Gates'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NCBW
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7