Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Hero 943 Hamilton Nolan 04/20/10 08:28AM Filed to: and now she's dead and now she's dead Civil Rights Obits Dorothy height Appic Heroes Women Dorothy Height, who spent 40 years as president of the National Council for Negro Women, died this morning at the age of 98. She "was arguably the most influential woman at the top levels of civil rights leadership." [WP]