Anne Emerman
American disability rights activist
About Anne Emerman
Lived 1937 – 2021 (aged 83–84).
Anne Emerman (February 24, 1937 in Astoria, Queens – November 3, 2021) was an American disability rights activist. She served as the director of the New York City Mayor's Office for Disabilities (MOPD) during the administration of David Dinkins after successfully lobbying for all new or renovated buildings in New York City to be wheelchair accessible.
In 1944, she contracted polio after playing in the water at the Jersey Shore and thereafter used a wheelchair. She attended Hunter College and received a degree in political science, and in 1964 obtained a master's degree in social work from the Columbia University School of Social Work. After graduation, she worked as a psychiatric social worker at Bellevue until 1972. She held the position in the New York City Mayor's Office until 1994.
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American disability rights activist
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Anne Emerman was born in 1937.
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Anne Emerman died in 2021.
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