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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dorothy Height

1912 - 2010

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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Height has received more than 699,041 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Height is the 564th most popular social activist (down from 434th in 2019), the 12,050th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,886th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dorothy Height ranks 564 out of 538Before her are Rajmohan Gandhi, Mari Beyleryan, Stanislav Markelov, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Norma Cruz, and Yoani Sánchez. After her are Randa Siniora, Jadav Payeng, Pablo Hasél, Maria Verónica Reina, Charlotte Despard, and Derek Chauvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Dorothy Height ranks 359Before her are Zohra Sehgal, Henry M. Jackson, Dorothy Janis, Friedrich Maurer, Gerald Emmett Carter, and Joseph Parecattil. After her are Joan Hartigan, June Havoc, Frances Drake, Dale Evans, James Craig, and Dane Clark. Among people deceased in 2010, Dorothy Height ranks 403Before her are Malcolm Allison, Isabella Abbott, Dorothy Janis, Zbigniew Wassermann, Janet Simpson, and Gil Merrick. After her are Adele Mara, John Dankworth, Lamont Johnson, June Havoc, Ellis Clarke, and Orlando Zapata.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Height ranks 12,050 out of 18,182Before her are Hyapatia Lee (1960), Bruce Harlan (1926), Emily Osment (1992), Gail Patrick (1911), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), and Sam Witwer (1977). After her are Brian Stepanek (1971), Alan Rosenberg (1950), Ashley Jones (1976), Tom Everett Scott (1970), Jennison Heaton (1904), and Armand van Helden (1970).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Dorothy Height ranks 92Before her are Roger Stone (1952), Frank Kameny (1925), Rachel Corrie (1979), Lucy Burns (1879), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), and Fannie Lou Hamer (1917). After her are Derek Chauvin (1976), Matthew Shepard (1976), Tarana Burke (1973), Edith Windsor (1929), Bobby Henderson (1980), and Walter Reuther (1907).