Editing Modjeska Monteith Simkins (section)

{{Short description|African-American activist (1899–1992)}}
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| name               = Modjeska Monteith Simkins
| image              = modjeska simkins.jpg
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1899|12|05}}
| birth_place        = [[Columbia, South Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1992|04|05|1899|12|05}}
| death_place        = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
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| resting_place      = Palmetto Cemetery <br> Columbia, South Carolina
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| nationality        = American
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| known_for          = Civil rights
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| alma_mater         = [[Benedict College]]
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| occupation         = Public health
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| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 1952)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (1952–1992)
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| spouse             = Andrew Whitfield Simkins
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| parents            = Henry Clarence Montieth<br>Rachel Evelyn Hull
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'''Modjeska Monteith Simkins''' (December 5, 1899 &ndash; April 5, 1992) was an important leader of [[African-American]] public health reform, social reform and the [[Civil Rights Movement]] in [[South Carolina]].<ref name = sce>{{cite book | last = Edgar | first = Walter | author-link = <!--coauthors = The Humanities Council<sup>SC</sup>--> | title = South Carolina Encyclopedia | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | year = 2006 | location = Columbia, South Carolina | pages = 866–867| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=90ITAAAAYAAJ&q=1-57003-598-9 | isbn =1-57003-598-9}}</ref><ref name = nps>{{cite web | title = Modjeska Monteith Simkins House | work = We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/sc3.htm | access-date =April 5, 2009 }}</ref>