Gwen Ifill remembers civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height, ... Council of Negro Women for 40 years, and was a longtime board member of the YWCA, where she began her career as a social worker.

A Final Farewell To Dorothy Height Dignitaries including President Obama paid tribute to late civil rights icon Dorothy Height today at the ... D.C. area working on my PhD in social work. I, too, ...

As Women’s History Month celebrations continue, this column will focus on Dr. Dorothy Height, whom former President Barack Obama called the “godmother” of the civil rights movement. My ...

As Women’s History Month celebrations continue, my column this week focuses on Dr. Dorothy Height, who former President Barack Obama called the “godmother” of the civil rights movement.

Dorothy Height, a longtime leader of the U.S. civil rights movement and the chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 98.

As Women’s History Month celebrations continue, let’s focus on Dr. Dorothy Height, whom former President Barack Obama called the “godmother” of the civil rights movement.