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If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.

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Dorothy Height
Age: 98 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 24
Died: 2010
Died: April 20
Educator
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Politician
Social Worker
Richmond
Virginia
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