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Deborah Wolfe

1916–2004

United States

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Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe (December 22, 1916 — September 3, 2004) was an African American educator, minister, and Education Chief of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. Humbly self-described as a "teacher and preacher", Wolfe was a woman of many accomplishments in her field, an education reformer, and a pioneer who challenged racial and gender barriers.

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