Dorothy Eugenia Rogers Tilly (June 30, 1883 – March 16, 1970) was an American

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of ...

activist from the

progressive era The Progressive Era (late 1890s – late 1910s) was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste and inefficiency. The main themes ended during Am ...

until her death. She was a noted activist in the Women's Missionary Society (WMS),

Commission on Interracial Cooperation The Commission on Interracial Cooperation (1918–1944) was an organization founded in Atlanta, Georgia, December 18, 1918, and officially incorporated in 1929. Will W. Alexander, pastor of a local white Methodist church, was head of the organizatio ...

(CIC),

Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (ASWPL) was a women's organization founded by Jessie Daniel Ames in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1930, to lobby and campaign against the lynching of African Americans.Nancy Baker J ...

Southern Regional Council The Southern Regional Council (SRC) is a reform-oriented organization created in 1944 to avoid racial violence and promote racial equality in the Southern United States. Voter registration and political-awareness campaigns are used toward this en ...

, Fulton-DeKalb

, and Fellowship of the Concerned (FOC). She was also appointed to the

President's Committee on Civil Rights The President's Committee on Civil Rights was a United States presidential commission established by President Harry Truman in 1946. The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, and instructed to investigate the status o ...

in 1946 by

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...

. Tilly was a member of

Phi Mu Phi Mu () is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. The fraternity was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia as the Philomathean Society on , and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same ye ...

fraternity and also an honorary member of

Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta ...

Bibliography

* Feldman, Glenn. "'City Mothers' Dorothy Tilly, Georgia Methodist Women, and Black Civil Rights". ''Politics and Religion in the White South''. University Press of Kentucky, 2005. . *Houck, Davis W. and David E. Dixon. "Dorothy Tilly". ''Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965''. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009. . * Riehm, Edith Holbrook. "Dorothy Tilly and the Fellowship of the Concerned". ''Throwing Off the Cloak of Privilege: White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era''. Ed. Gail S. Murray. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. .
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Emory University
Dorothy Rogers Tilly papers, 1868-1970

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External links

Dorothy Rogers Tilly papers held at Emory University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tilly, Dorothy Rogers 1883 births 1970 deaths American civil rights activists