polly murray organized mass protests and helped to found the national organization for women. dorothy height, the long-running president of the national council of negro women worked with randolph. the executive secretary of the committee for permanent fe pc, and later, part of the cabinet of new york city robert wagner. there was the leader of united federation of teachers. there was the polly myers, the secretary of the march on washington movement. there was also tucker, who was not only the president of a movement, but involved in the naacp. by being able to participate, women did learn this leadership. did become activists in their own right. then we get to the march on washington. the march for jobs, peace, and freedom. i was at the 83 march. i always at peace and there, and that's not right for the 63 march. it was a. philip randolph who decided in the december of 1962, they wanted to mark the centenary of the emancipation proclamation. but the momentum for that, and the endorsement and support for that march that would come in august of 63 burst into overtime in the fa

there was polly murray. who organized a mass protest against the execution of sharecropper odell waller, and helped to found the national organization for women. dorothy heights, the president of the national counsel on the league of women. the executive secretary of the committee for the council for a permanent fepc and later part of the cabinet of new york city mayor robert walker. there was e. pauline myers, the secretary of the march on washington movement based in harlem in new york and rose sena carruthers tucker. who was on so those are are the kinds of things that by being able to participate, women did learn this leadership, did become activists in their own rites. and that led, i mean so then of course we get to the march on washington, the march for jobs, and freedom. i keep thinking, i was at this 83 mark. so i always add peace in there and i know that's not right for the '63 march. if you think about the marches that were originally conceived. who decided that in december of 1962, they would mar