Adolphine Fletcher Terry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

American activist

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1882

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1976

Profession: suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Adolphine Fletcher Terry

  • Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas.
  • Terry leveraged her position within the Little Rock community to affect change in causes related to social justice, women's rights, racial equality, housing, and education.
  • Fletcher is most remembered for her role on the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) that was primarily responsible for reopening the Little Rock, Arkansas, public school system and bringing to a close the school district closing in 1958, following the Crisis at Little Rock Central High.
  • In its "Millennium Poll" in 2000, the Arkansas Historical Association named Terry one of the state's 15 most significant figures in state history.

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