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Hedgeman (1899-1990) was a civil rights activist, educator, politician, author, founding member of the National Organization for women, and was the first woman member on the administrative planning committee for the 1963 March on Washington. She reportedly recruiter over 40,000 marchers from the National Council of Churches.
“In light of the role of the Negro women in the struggle for freedom and especially in light of the extra burden they have carried because of the castration of the Negro man in this culture, it is incredible that no woman should appear as a speaker at the historic March on Washington Meeting at the Lincoln Memorial.”
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July 5, 1899, Marshall County, IA
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January 17, 1990 (age 90), Harlem, NY
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The Trumpet Sounds (Autobiography)
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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