Martha S. Lewis
Deceased Person
1924 – 2007
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Who was Martha S. Lewis?
Martha S. Lewis was an American government official and social worker. She had a long career as a ground-breaking social worker in the metropolitan New York City area and elsewhere. In the 1970s, she was the highest ranking African-American official in any state government, as a deputy commissioner for the Department of Social Services in the New York State government. She was also a pioneer in the civil rights movement.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1924
- Also known as
- Martha Lewis
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Education
- Clark Atlanta University
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Died
- Jul 2, 2007
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on July 23, 2013
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