Civil Rights Legend Dorothy Height Passes

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Dorothy Irene Height, long-time civil rights activist, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and “godmother of the women’s movement,” died of natural causes at 3:41 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, at Howard University Hospital, 27 days after her 98th birthday.

“I am deeply saddened by the passing today of my dear friend and mentor, Dorothy Irene Height,” former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman said.  “She…