About Joy Alice Hintz
Lived 1926 – 2009 (aged 82–83). Joy Alice Hintz was an American exhibition curator and curator.
Joy Alice Hintz (February 7, 1926 – April 2009) was an American writer and a community advocate for migrant workers in Ohio and a peace advocate in Central America. Hinz was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
Early life, education, and career Joy Alice Posey was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on February 7, 1926, and grew up in Columbus.
Death and legacy Hintz was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1993, and the Ohio Farmworker Advocate Hall of Fame. She received the NAACP Peacemaker Award. She died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in 2009.
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Who was Joy Alice Hintz?
American writer
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Joy Alice Hintz was born on 7 February 1926.
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Joy Alice Hintz died in 2009.
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Joy Alice Hintz was an exhibition curator and curator.
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Joy Alice Hintz was American.
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