page_title: Dorothy Height
hierarchical_section_title: Dorothy Height
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Dr. Dorothy Height taken in June 2008
context_page_description: Dorothy Irene Height was an American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. Height is credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women and African Americans as problems that should be considered as a whole. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years.
context_section_description: Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. Height is credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women and African Americans as problems that should be considered as a whole. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years.
caption: Height in 2008
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