Английская Википедия:Dorothy Stafford (activist)

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Dorothy Stafford (March 14, 1905 – May 22, 1997) was an American public service administrator and women's rights activist. She organized the formation of the League of Women Voters branch in Knoxville and became very involved in community improvement projects. She also served as president of the state chapter of the League. She was active in the women's poll tax repeal movement, which eventually helped secure a constitutional amendment abolishing collecting poll tax as a precursor to registering to vote. Later she moved to Atlanta and worked as a journalist.

Early life and education

Dorothy Davenport was born on March 14, 1905, in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, to Mary S. (née Tucker) and Peter Ernest Davenport.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Her father operated a pharmacy, and the family lived in Plymouth and later in Beaufort.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn As a young woman, she moved to New York City and worked with Carrie Chapman Catt in organizing the League of Women Voters.Шаблон:Sfn In 1930, she married Edward Bass Lucas at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.Шаблон:Sfn They later divorced and on September 29, 1933, she married Carl Victor Stafford at Riverside Church.Шаблон:Sfn He was from Tennessee, and the couple settled in Knoxville, where their daughter Diane was born.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Career and activism

Stafford was instrumental in organizing the League of Women Voters chapter in Knoxville. She put an advertisement in the newspaper and convinced Martha Ragland to join her in founding the group.Шаблон:Sfn Stafford was elected president of the East Tennessee chapter in 1937,Шаблон:Sfn and later served as state president.Шаблон:Sfn In 1941, League of Women Voter members joined with the Industrial Council, the Tennessee Farm Bureau, the Tennessee State Grange, the YWCA, and 30 other civic and professional groups to found the Committee for Majority Rule. The goal of the group was to continue to press for the repeal of the poll tax; its officers were Jennings Perry, chair; Stafford, eastern vice chair; Alton Lawrence, middle Tennessee vice chair; and Katharine Fulling, western vice chair.Шаблон:Sfn

By the mid 1940s, Stafford was working for the City of Knoxville. She served as the city's safety director until March 1946Шаблон:Sfn and then transferred to direct the city welfare program.Шаблон:Sfn She continued in this post the following year, while also serving as president of the Council of Community Agencies.Шаблон:Sfn By the early 1970s, the Staffords were living in Atlanta, where Dorothy was working as a journalist at The Atlanta Constitution.Шаблон:Sfn She also published in Atlanta Magazine and Modern Maturity. In the 1980s, she moved to Hilton Head Island and published cookbooks with her daughter.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

Stafford died on May 22, 1997, at her home in Hilton Head.Шаблон:Sfn

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