Marian Wright Edelman

  • female, 70 years old
  • Washington, DC, United States
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Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund. Edelman's thinking was influenced by her father, Arthur Wright, a Baptist preacher who taught that Christianity required service in this world, and by civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, … uptopranch
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  • MPR: Edelman identifies...

    Children's Defense Fund president and founder Marian Wright Edelman is fond of quoting Sojourner Truth, who once accused the U.S. Constitution of having "a little weasel in it."
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    The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and commun
    www.childrensdefense.org/about/mwe.aspx

  • Children's Defense Fund:...

    The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and commun
    www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageNavigator/People_MWE

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  • Marian Wright Edelman |...

    Edelman established the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) in 1973 as a voice against poverty, discrimination, and violence.
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    ...Anthony Romero ALSC Presents Marian Wright Edelman Irshad Manji American Libraries presents Julie Andrews PLA Presents Armistead Maupin ALA Awards Ceremony and Inaugural Banquet Council and ...
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  • Children's Defense Fund:...

    The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and commun
    www.childrensdefense.org/childwatch/column/index.asp

  • Children's Defense Fund:...

    The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and commun
    www.childrensdefense.org/fair-start.htm

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