Elizabeth Peratrovich
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Date of birth | July 4,1911 |
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Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Petersburg |
Alaska | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 1,1958 |
Died | Seattle |
Washington | |
United States | |
Parent(s) | Andrew and Mary Wanamaker |
Other name | Kaaxgal. aat |
Children | Frank Allen Peratrovich |
Roy Peratrovich, Jr | |
Loretta Marie Montgomery | |
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ID | 955020 |
About Elizabeth Peratrovich
Elizabeth Jean Peratrovich, Tlingit nation, was an important civil rights activist; she worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, she was credited with advocacy that gained the passage of the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.