Marian Wright Edelman biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Marian Wright Edelman

Author Name:

Marian Wright Edelman

Born As:

Marian Wright

Other Names:

Born:

06 Jun 1939

Died:





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Activist for the rights of children                          
                          
Mother Maggie Leola Brown
Father Arthur Jerome Wright, five children.
Husband Peter Edelman, assistant to Robert Kennedy, three sons.                          
1985 - MacArthur Fellowship
1985 - Barnard Medal of Distinction
1986 - Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Bates College
1988 - Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism
1992 - Boy Scouts of America, Silver Buffalo Award
1995 - Community of Christ International Peace Award
1996 - The 2nd Annual Heinz Award in the Human Condition
2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom

A Marlboro County library named in honor of Edelman, opened on February 22, 2010, in her hometown of Bennettsville, South Carolina.
                          
First African American admitted in the Mississippi Bar when Marian began practicing law out of the LDF's Mississippi office.