# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marian-wright-edelman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:37.083Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/marian-wright-edelman"
name: "Marian Wright Edelman"
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description: "Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Hillary Clinton."
tagline: "American activist for children's rights (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marian_Wright_Edelman%2C_2010_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump