Elizabeth Peratrovich

Elizabeth Peratrovich

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Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Elizabeth Jean Wanamaker, Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and member of the Tlingit nation who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as being instrumental in the passing of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first state or territorial anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States.

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Elizabeth Peratrovich was born on Tuesday, 4 July 1911 in Petersburg, Alaska, US. They were best known as an activist. Peratrovich's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. They died on Monday, 1 December 1958 in Seattle, Washington, U.S. at the age of 47. Their zodiac star sign were Cancer.

You can find people similar to Elizabeth Peratrovich by visiting our lists Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Juneau, Alaska) and People from Petersburg Borough, Alaska.

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Petersburg, Alaska, US
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1 December 1958
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