Dorothy Steere

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  • Dorothy Steere (1907-2003), along with her husband Douglas Steere, served the Society of Friends most of her life. She was a member of AFSC from 1945 to 1980. Her first contribution to this organization was as a work camp leader in 1945, and in 1949, she served on the American Friends Service Personnel Committee. She was involved with the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1956 and 1958, Dorothy Steere corresponded with Martin Luther King Jr. on issues such as the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and race relations in the South. Steere gave many talks and addresses at retreats, conferences, and religious meetings, and wrote essays and pamphlets on Quaker topics.

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