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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Marian_Wright_EdelmanMarian Wright Edelman - Wikipedia

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   Marian Wright Edelman (née Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.

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     Marian Wright Edelman Interview: On Advocating for Children and Social Equality

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     Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Marian-Wright-EdelmanMarian Wright Edelman | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, Bennettsville, South Carolina, U.S.) is an American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children’s Defense Fund in 1973. Edelman attended Spelman College in Atlanta (B.A., 1960) and Yale University Law School (LL.B., 1963).

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4. www.thehistorymakers.org › biography › marian-wrightMarian Wright Edelman's Biography - The HistoryMakers

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   Apr 24, 2001 · Biography. Digital Archive. Digital Library. Marian Wright Edelman, founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund, was born on June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Edelman was the youngest of five children and credits her father with instilling in her an obligation to right wrongs.

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   • Marian Wright Edelman ( née Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. Marian Wright was born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina.

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   • She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. Marian Wright was born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Her father was Arthur Jerome Wright, a Baptist minister, and her mother was Maggie Leola Bowen.

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   What does Edelman do?

   • In 1973, the Washington Research Project became the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), the United States' leading advocacy group for children. As president of the CDF, Edelman has worked to decrease teenage pregnancy, increase Medicaid coverage for poor children, and secure government funding for programs such as Head Start.

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   Who was Marian Wright married to?

   • In 1967 Marian Wright met Peter Benjamin Edelman, an assistant to New York Senator Robert Kennedy who was touring the Mississippi Delta. She moved to Washington, D.C. where she and Edelman were married on July 14, 1968. They then had three sons: Joshua Robert, Jonah Martin, Ezra Benjamin.

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6. www.ted.com › talks › marian_wright_edelmanReflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty - TED

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   1.48M views | Feb 2012. The sibling bond. Jeffrey Kluger. What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund in 1973 -- from the early influence of growing up in the segregated American South to her ...

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   Jun 12, 2008 · Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, was born June 6, 1939 in Bennetsville, South Carolina. She was the youngest of five children born to Rev. Arthur Jerome Wright and Maggie Leola Wright. Rev. Wright, a Baptist minister, died when she was fourteen.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2020/09/03 › nyregionMarian Wright Edelman Steps Down, and a New Generation Takes ...

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   Sep 3, 2020 · Sept. 3, 2020. Marian Wright Edelman, 81, took to the streets this summer, joining millions of people around the country in protesting police brutality after the killing of George Floyd. Mrs...

10. www.ted.com › speakers › marian_wright_edelmanMarian Wright Edelman | Speaker | TED

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    Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and families.