C. Delores Tucker - Amazing Leader

What a dynamic woman, and what a tremendous loss. I met C. Delores Tucker more than a decade ago. Her energy and passion for women's rights and civil rights was inspirational. And her amazing smile I'm sure disarmed many a foe. Pennsylvania has now lost two tremendous leaders -- C. Delores Tucker and Molly Yard.

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Pennsylvania Democratic Party Mourns the Loss of Dr. C. Delores Tucker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 13, 2005

Harrisburg -- Representative T. J. Rooney, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party expressed his sorrow today at the passing of Dr. C. Delores Tucker, a leading civil rights activist, women's advocate and a member of the Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania.

"Dr. Tucker was an extraordinary human being whose activism had a dramatic and far-reaching impact.

"Dr. Tucker was the first African American woman in the nation to serve as a Secretary of State. During her tenure, she instituted the first Commission on the State of Women in Pennsylvania. Dr. Tucker's activism includes the memorable Selma to Montgomery March in 1965 with Dr. Martin Luther King.? She was a leader in establishing the women's caucus to ensure that women had equal representation at all levels of the Democratic Party.

"The Democratic Party has lost a leader, a friend and a pioneer. On behalf of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, I extend our deepest sympathy to her family. She will be sadly missed for many, many years."

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