Marian+Wright+Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman was a leader to our country, and was very fond of child care. She really wanted to make our world a better place. One of the things she said was, "Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it." Marian Wright Edelman really exemplified her perserverance by overcoming a rough, racist childhood, founding the Children's Defense Fund, and being active in the Civil Rights movement.

Not everyone had to live a rough childhood like Marian Wright Edelman, her childhood consisted of racism and segregation of whites and blacks. Where she lived black people always got less than the white people, like the neighborhood pool was only for the white people, the black people had to result to the creek, but they found out sewer waste was dumped there after a while. But, her father and mother showed her how to overcome the roughness in life and look over to the better side, and how to help people in need. She lived her childhood by helping her mother in the church and helping people in need, her father also was a big help in these activities. But, one day her father began to have a heart attack, because of the racism and segregation of people, the ambulance didn't get there in quite enough time to make it to the hopsital with her father, and when they tried, they wouldn't give him everything the might have saved him. Marian held onto the last words he spoke and continued to try and help the poor and needy. She stayed strong and got an education, she had actually graduated as her class valedictiorian and look what she has accomplished in her life.

Marian Wright Edelman founded the Washington Research Project. This project reported on the country's poor and underprivileged. She had wanted to be the voice for America's poor. Marian decided to change the name and meaning of what the Washington Research Project was all about, she changed it to the Children's Defense Fund. This new fund was a nonprofit fund and helped with child care, youth employment, and prevention of teen pregnancy. She fought to protect and support over 55 million children in our country. She was a very dedicated woman and tried her hardest when it came to her Children's Defense Fund; she wanted to be the voice of America's children and the poor.

Marian had went to college and had been offered to travel the world... and she did. But, she realized that she wanted to take part in the Civil Rights movement. So she traveled back to America to only realize she didn't have enough money to do what she wanted, so she decided to take up learning to become a lawyer, so she could help people who needed legal help. Marian began to educate black people about civil rights(while still learning to be a lawyer). Marian had also worked with Martin Luther Kind Jr. on some of his Civil Right movements as well. She tried to make a difference so people knew what was going on in the world, but police found her and her coworkers and attacked them with police dogs. Marian didn't give up her studies or trying to find a way to educate her fellow people, she finally became the first black, female lawyer in Mississippi.

Although Marian had some struggles in the things she did, she turned out to be a great person. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, she overcame her rough childhood, and she founded the Children's Defense Fund. She showed perseverance and was really a great leader and she made this world a better place. I'm sure she is glad that she has made a large difference in this world and I'm sure many others are too. Marian Wright Edelman was a great person and because of her challenges she made successes.



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