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Josephine Butler
1920–1997
United States
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Josephine Dorothy Butler (January 24, 1920 ― March 29, 1997) was an American activist. She co-founded and was chairman of the D.C. Statehood Party to combat the lack of selected representation in congress for her district. Butler played a significant role in the desegregation and merging of two neighborhood schools into one, the Adams-Morgan elementary school.
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