Anna Arnold Hedgeman

Biography

Anna Arnold Hedgeman (July 5, 1899 – January 17, 1990) was an African-American civil rights leader, politician, educator, and writer. Under President Harry Truman, Hedgeman served as executive director of the National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission, having worked on his presidential campaign. She was also appointed to New York City mayor Robert Wagner's cabinet, becoming the first African-American woman to hold a cabinet post in New York.

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