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	Marian Wright Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is the American president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
		Edelman is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.
		Edelman received a LL.D. from Bates College in 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman (228 words)

	The My Hero Project - Marian Wright Edelman
		Perhaps it was this advantageous upbringing that not only propelled Marian Wright Edelman into a brilliant law career, but also made her one of the country's leading advocates for children.
		Marian Wright Edelman gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of Tarbut V'Torah in Irvine, Calif., and MY HERO was there.
		Marian Wright Edelman is one of the country's leading advocates for children.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=marianedelman (1902 words)

	About CDF :: Marian Wright Edelman
		Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
		Edelman, a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, began her career in the mid-60s when, as the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi.
		Edelman served on the Board of Trustees of Spelman College, which she chaired from 1976 to 1987, and was the first woman elected by alumni as a member of the Yale University Corporation, on which she served from 1971 to 1977.
	www.cdfohio.org /about_cdf/mwe.asp (285 words)

	BookRags: Marian Wright Edelman Biography
		Marian Wright Edelman (born 1939) was a lobbyist, lawyer, civil rights activist who founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973 to advocate children's rights.
		Marian Wright Edelman was born in Bennetsville, South Carolina, on June 6, 1939, and was named for the singer Marian Anderson.
		Edelman began her career as a lawyer hired by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in New York after receiving her law degree in 1963.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/marian-wright-edelman (1444 words)

	The Educational Theory of Marian Wright Edelman
		Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and current president of the Children's Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org), in Washington, D. She has been a proponent for quality early childhood education, a National Head Start Program, and quality moral education as well.
		Edelman strongly supports a community effort in taking responsibility for our children; each of her books addresses the need to involve parents, teachers, clergy, community members, and the government in optimizing every child's potential.
		Edelman does not speak to the specifics about knowledge, she speaks in her books to the things she knows, those values which were "indoctrinated" into her by her family and community as she grew up.
	www.newfoundations.com /GALLERY/Edelman.html (1354 words)

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		She was born Marian Wright in 1939 in the segregated town of Bennetsville, South Carolina, where she spent her childhood.
		Marian went on to study at Spelman College, then abroad on a Merrill scholarship, and she eventually traveled to the Soviet Union on a Lisle fellowship.
		Peter Edelman was the chairman of the New World Foundation (NWF), a position later held (from 1982 to 1988) by Hillary Clinton.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=1531 (991 words)

	The HistoryMakers
		Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, was born on June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina.
		Edelman was the youngest of five children and credits her father with instilling in her an obligation to right wrongs.
		Edelman has served as director of the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University and is the first African American female on the board of Yale University.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /biography/biography.asp?bioindex=127 (352 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman
		Born in Bennetsville, South Carolina, on June 6, 1939, Marian Wright was the youngest of five children.
		After graduation, Wright went to work for the NAACP Legal and Defense fund in New York, then moved to Mississippi where she became the first African-American woman admitted to the bar.
		From 1971 to 1977, Edelman served as a member of the Yale University Corporation, to which she was the first woman elected by alumni, and from 1976 to 1987, she chaired on the Board of Trustees of Spelman College.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1686.html (576 words)

	Amazon.ca: Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors: Books: Marian Wright Edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marian Wright Edelman, in pleasing prose, shares the experiences she had growing up surrounded by a community of mentors, both formal and informal.
		Edelman shares lessons learned from influential faculty and family friends and helps readers understand what it is like to be a part of something larger than themselves.
		In crisp, vivid prose, Marian Wright Edelman tells us about the heroes who provided beacons of hope and inspiration, helping her find her way through the many moral dillemas of life and stay on course.
	www.amazon.ca /Lanterns-Mentors-Marian-Wright-Edelman/dp/0060958596 (1126 words)

	Amazon.de: Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors: English Books: Marian Wright Edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Edelman includes excerpts from a diary she kept while a student traveling in Europe and experiencing freedom from the social constraints of both Spelman and the South's Jim Crow laws.
		She met her husband, Peter Edelman, then legislative aide to Robert Kennedy, when she was seeking publicity for the appalling poverty of the rural South.
		The unexpected return of her long lost college diary set Marian Wright Edelman on a quest to recall the mentors who helped her grow from a girl of the segregated south to the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar.
	www.amazon.de /Lanterns-Mentors-Marian-Wright-Edelman/dp/0060958596 (829 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman
		Marian Wright Edelman was born on June 6, 1939 in Bennettsville, South Carolina.
		From 1964 to 1968, Marian was the director of the Legal Defense and Education Fund in Jackson, Mississippi.
		In 1973, Marian created the Children's Defense Fund in Washington D.C. and became its president.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/edelman.html (270 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She married civil rights lawyer, Peter Edelman in 1968, and moved to Washington where she served as council to the Poor People’s Campaign and created the Washington Research Project, a public interest advocacy group.
		Marian Wright Edelman shines as a beacon of light illuminating what is possible for an individual to accomplish as well as a beacon of hope safeguarding all American children.
		Edelman passes on the values of hard work, service, responsibility, and faith that her parents not only preached, but also lived.
	www.nwhp.org /tlp/biographies/edelman/bio.html (592 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		This #1 New York Times bestseller is Edelman's personal letter to her three sons--a inspirational work of love filled with wisdom and advice, such as don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat for and don't be afraid to fail--it's the way you learn to do things right.
		Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.
		by Alison Wright, Marian Wright Edelman (Foreword by)
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Marian_Wright_Edelman (1444 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Marian Wright Edelman \| PBS
		Edelman attended Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia (B.A., 1960), and the Yale University Law School (LL.B., 1963).
		In 1964 Edelman returned to the South and became the first African American woman to pass the bar in Mississippi.
		From 1971 to 1973 Edelman was the director of Harvard University's Center for Law and Education, and in 1973 she founded and became president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) in Washington, D.C. The CDF became a highly effective organization in advocating children's rights.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/marian_wright_edelman.html (240 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman
		Bennettsville, S.C. The youngest of five children of a Baptist preacher, Edelman attended Spelman College in Atlanta and Yale University, where she received her law degree in 1963.
		She began her career as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, serving as the director of the Jackson, Miss., office and becoming the first African-American woman admitted to the Mississippi bar.
		As president of the CDF, Edelman has worked to decrease teenage pregnancy, increase Medicaid coverage for poor children, and secure government funding for childcare and early education programs such as Head Start.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0878410.html (272 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, has dedicated her life to those who cannot always lift themselves up.
		Edelman obtained a law degree at Yale and worked in Mississippi, becoming the first African-American woman to be admitted to that state's bar.
		With 14.3 million American children living in poverty, Edelman continues her advocacy, focusing on expanding Head Start, health care and support for homeless children.
	www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=58 (322 words)

	CNNfyi.com - Marian Wright Edelman - March 12, 2001
		Discuss with students what aspects of the world Marian Wright Edelman saw and changed, and how she met those challenges.
		If you use CNN NEWSROOM video in your classroom, refer to the broadcast from March 8, 2001, in which Marian Wright Edelman was the subject of the News Chronicle section.
		Reinforce for students that there is no "right" way to learn, but that it is important for students to use several methods and to come to recognize their learning style strengths.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/fyi/lesson.plans/03/12/edelman.da (534 words)

	Marion Wright edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marian was born in Bennetsville, South Carolina on June 6, 1939.
		When Marian was little, many people thought that a fl female couldn't become a lawyer.
		Marian became the first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi bar.
	founders.howard.edu /Reference/cybercamp/camp99/Kellie/defaultw2.html (176 words)

	Marian Wright-Edelman Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Edelman, a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, began her career in the mid-60s when, as the first fl woman admitted
		Edelman has received many honorary degrees and awards including: the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Heinz Award, and most recently, the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom.
		Marian Wright-Edelman is married to Peter Edelman, a Professor at Georgetown Law School.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/codec/codece/edelman.htm (315 words)

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	Race Matters - Marian Wright Edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional career.
		The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child BehindĀ and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life with the support of caring families and communities.
		Marian Wright Edelman writes a weekly column, Child Watch.
	www.racematters.org /marianwrightedelman.htm (310 words)

	OHCHR-> World Conference against Racism: Durban, South Africa (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for the disadvantaged in the United States for her entire professional career.
		Edelman describes the mission of CDF as "[educating] the nation about the needs of children and [encouraging] preventive investment in children before they get sick, drop out of school, suffer too-early pregnancy or family breakdown, or get into trouble.
		On the eve of a new century and millennium, CDF seeks to ensure that no child is left behind and that every child has a healthy start...
	www.unhchr.ch /html/racism/00-edelman.html (225 words)

	The Blog \| Marian Wright Edelman: Needed: A New Civil Rights Movement for Children -- Our Poorest Group of Americans \| ...
		Marian, I think what we need is a civil rights movement for the family.
		Edelman uses her spiritual energy to try to help those in our country who need it the most.
		Edelman - your eloquent and important words deserve to be in the top-space of this Blog, but it won't.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /marian-wright-edelman/needed-a-new-civil-right_b_19809.html (2487 words)

	The Power Of Purpose Awards - A Worldwide Essay Competition
		arian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
		The mission of the Children’s Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
		For two years she served as the Director of the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University and in 1973 began CDF.
	www.templeton.org /powerofpurpose/judges_edelman.html (345 words)

	Nicholas Stix: Marching for Wisdom with Marian Wright Edelman and Halley Suitt
		There’s nothing wrong with service to others, except that for Marian Wright Edelman, all service must be bankrolled by an all-powerful, socialist state, and ultimately serve that state.
		Is it possible that Marian Wright Edelman bastardized Emerson, in order to come up with a nugget of “wisdom” that was the exact opposite of what the sublime essayist said?
		The Marian Wright Edelmans and Halley Suitts are neither.
	www.mensnewsdaily.com /blog/stix/2005/04/marching-for-wisdom-with-marian-wright.html (1559 words)

	Chicago Defender / Commentary
		MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The injustices of the juvenile justice system
		Unfortunately for our at-risk children, passing the buck to an ill-prepared juvenile justice system is increasingly becoming the easiest answer of all.
		Marian Wright Edelman is CEO and founder of the Children's Defense Fund and its Action Council.
	www.chicagodefender.com /page/commentary.cfm?ArticleID=559 (934 words)

	The Backbone Cabinet - A Progressive Cabinet Roster
		Marian Wright Edelman has demonstrated her ability to organize and manage important organizations.
		In addition, she understands the critical role of education and the federal responsibility for working with state and local governments to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.
		Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan will join Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman, and Association to Benefit Children (ABC) President Gretchen Buchenholz to tour ABC's new Echo Park children and family facility in Harlem and visit with children and their families Wednesday, September 20 from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
	www.backbonecampaign.org /cabinet/nominee.cfm?ID=36 (787 words)

	Marian Wright Edelman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Marian Wright Edelman was the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, and directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi.
		She founded the Washington Research Project, a public-interest law firm and the parent body of CDF.
		Edelman has received many honorary degrees and awards.
	www.brown.edu /Departments/English/news/lecturers/edelman.php (98 words)

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