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Ethel Mae Mathews
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United States
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Ethel Mae Mathews (also spelled Ethel Mae Matthews; 1932 or 1933 – March 14, 2005) was an American welfare rights and tenants' rights activist and community organizer in Atlanta, Georgia. She founded, and was the first president of, the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and was a leading figure in welfare-rights organizing centered on Emmaus House in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta.
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