SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Pauli Murray

1910 - 1985

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Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist, advocate, legal scholar and theorist, author and – later in life – an Episcopal priest. Murray's work influenced the civil rights movement and expanded legal protection for gender equality. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray was essentially orphaned and then raised mostly by her maternal aunt in Durham, North Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pauli Murray has received more than 882,948 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pauli Murray is the 694th most popular social activist, the 14,034th most popular biography from United States and the 117th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pauli Murray ranks 694 out of 840. Before her are Yoani Sánchez, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Faiza Jama Mohamed, Wendell Phillips, Walter Reuther, and Anna Sharyhina. After her are Vida Goldstein, Stan Swamy, Edith Windsor, Zahra Eshraghi, David Kato, and Dick Gregory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Pauli Murray ranks 417. Before her are Barbara Castle, Mary Haas, Josephine McKim, Dick Foran, Jack Mercer, and Marion Roper. After her are Lillian Roth, Gale Page, Carl Knowles, Rosemary DeCamp, Arturo Tolentino, and Nellie Halstead. Among people deceased in 1985, Pauli Murray ranks 292. Before her are Marion Martin, Eddie Shore, William Alwyn, Stepin Fetchit, Pelle Lindbergh, and Potter Stewart. After her are Grayson Hall, Marion Byron, James Craig, Tom Adams, John Sparkman, and Eva Bowring.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pauli Murray ranks 14,034 out of 20,380. Before her are Elsie Ferguson (1883), Gōtoku Sakai (1991), D'Angelo (1974), Charlie Baker (1956), Everlast (1969), and Mario Runco Jr. (1952). After her are Sarah Caldwell (1924), Big Daddy Kane (1968), Robert Buckley (1981), Tom Harkin (1939), Tammy Lynn Sytch (1972), and Glen Ballard (1953).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Pauli Murray ranks 117. Before her are Tarana Burke (1973), Gloria Allred (1941), Ruthie Tompson (1910), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Wendell Phillips (1811), and Walter Reuther (1907). After her are Edith Windsor (1929), Dick Gregory (1932), Grace Abbott (1878), Dorothy Height (1912), Bill Ayers (1944), and Judith Heumann (1947).

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