Addie L. Wyatt
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Addie L. Wyatt (née Cameron; March 8, 1924 – March 28, 2012) 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.[1]
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Born | Addie L. Cameron (1924-03-08)March 8, 1924 Brookhaven, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | March 28, 2012(2012-03-28) (aged 88) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Labor leader, civil rights pioneer, pastor |
Spouse | Claude S. Wyatt Jr. |
Children | Renaldo Wyatt Claude S. Wyatt III |
Parent(s) | Ambrose Cameron Maggie Nolan Cameron |
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