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Mary Moultrie

1943–2015

United States

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Mary Moultrie (born Mary Ann Moultrie; 1943- April 27, 2015) was a nurse's aid and civil rights activist. She was elected president of the union Local 1199B,the organized workers of the Medical College hospital of the University of South Carolina, where she worked. She was one of the leaders of the Charleston sanitation strike of 1969, during the civil rights movement.

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