Addie L. Wyatt
Deceased Person
1924 – 2012
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Who was Addie L. Wyatt?
Addie L. Wyatt was a leader in the United States Labor movement, and a civil rights activist. Wyatt is known for being the first African-American woman elected international vice president of a major labor union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Wyatt began her career in the union in the early 1950s and advanced in leadership. In 1975, with the politician Barbara Jordan, she was the first African-American woman named by Time magazine as Person of the Year.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1924
Brookhaven - Also known as
- Addie Wyatt
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- DuSable High School
- Died
- Mar 28, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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