# Thelma Mothershed-Wair

> Thelma Mothershed-Wair was an American activist who attended Little Rock's Central High School following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education court case. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African-American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, then Governor of Arkansas. They were able to attend due to the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

*Congressional Medal recipient (1940-2024)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1940-11-29
- **Died:** 2024-10-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 14.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2401441/ (@nm2401441)

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781083)

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