The Resume

(March 24, 1912-April 20, 2010)
President of the National Council of Negro Women (1957-97)
Served on the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (1961)
Founded National Black Family Reunion Project
Author of ‘Open Wide the Freedom Gates’

Why she might be annoying:

She is not as well known as civil rights activists like Rosa Parks.
She helped organize the ‘March on Washington’ but was not allowed to speak at the event.
She is appalled by Atheism.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal by George W. Bush.
She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
She helped integrate the YWCA.
She helped register voters during the 'Mississippi Freedom Summer.'
She graduated New York University with a Master’s in social work.
She said: ‘I think the most important thing is that I had a purpose for life and tried to achieve it, and I tried hard to work steadily for equality and justice.’

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Black Heritage Commemorative Stamp Series (Ranked: 2017)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3241912)
• Civil Rights Activists
• D's Profiles [Series 02]
• Ebony Magazine's 100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century [March 1999]
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [H-L]
• I Attended NYU
• I Died in 2010 (Ranked: 98)
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1993)
• Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball Attendees [May 2005]
• Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball Honorees [May 2005]
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14693)
• Spingarn Medal Winners (Ranked: 1993)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20100420)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 52 Votes: 48.08% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 59 Votes: 42.37% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 97 Votes: 50.52% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 160 Votes: 48.12% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 766 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 40.48% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 267 Votes: 44.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 214 Votes: 44.86% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 410 Votes: 43.17% Annoying