GERTRUDE WEIL

Born April 5, 1949 in Ohio

Died 1986 

Social activist who dedicated her life fighting injustices and striving to gain racial equality for everyone.

1st Jewish woman to lead a statewide women’s movement throughout North Carolina.

Established the North Carolina League of Women Voters in 1920 to educate women on their rights.

In the 1960s and ‘70s, she worked to integrate schools and fight segregation in the south.

“It is so obvious that to treat people equally is the right thing to do.”