Ocupation: Activist
Life: b. June 6, 1939
Birthday: June 6
Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.
source: "SUNDAY INTERVIEW - MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN / The president of the Children's Defense Fund - the nation's largest lobbying group for young people - talks about the `hundred-front war' in this budget-cutting era". Interview with Teresa Moore, www.sfgate.com. January 28, 1996.
topic: Strong, Children, Lunch, Strong Community, Strong Family