Aileen Hernandez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aileen Hernandez

American union organizer and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1926

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2017

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Aileen Hernandez

  • Aileen Clarke Hernandez (May 23, 1926 – February 13, 2017) was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist who served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 and 1971.
  • Born in 1926, Hernandez attended Howard University, where her interest in civil rights was cemented in an incident where she was told that she had to hail a "black" taxi.
  • After graduating with honors, she became a labor union organizer before helping found NOW.
  • As its second president, she helped organize the Women's Strike for Equality and testified in front of a congressional subcommittee on the Equal Rights Amendment, but she left the organization out of frustration with what she saw as its racial inequities.
  • Hernandez would go on to co-found several organizations that focused on African-American women, along with teaching at several universities in California.
  • She died in 2017 at the age of 90.

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