Dorothy Burnham

For the Canadian scholar, see Dorothy K. Burnham.
Dorothy Burnham
Burnham's Brooklyn College yearbook photo, 1936
Born
Dorothy Challenor

(1915-03-22)March 22, 1915
(age 110 years, 358 days)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materBrooklyn College
OccupationsActivist, educator
OrganizationSouthern Negro Youth Congress
Political partyCommunist Party USA
Spouse
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(m. 1941; died 1960)​
Children4, including Margaret, Linda, and Charles

Dorothy Burnham (née Challenor; born March 22, 1915) is an American civil rights activist, educator and supercentenarian. She is the widow of activist and journalist Louis E. Burnham.

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