Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and member of the Tlingit nation. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as being instrumental in the passing of Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. The U.S. Mint released a USD 1 gold coin inscribed with Elizabeth’s likeness in honor of her historic achievements.
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Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and member of the Tlingit nation. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as being instrumental in the passing of Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. The U.S. Mint released a USD 1 gold coin inscribed with Elizabeth’s likeness in honor of her historic achievements. She died after battling breast cancer, on December 1, 1958, at the age of 47. She is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau, Alaska, alongside her husband. Her papers are currently held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. In 1988, the Alaska Legislature established February 16 as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day for her courageous, unceasing efforts to eliminate discrimination and bring about equal rights in Alaska.
Her obituary was added to The New York Times as part of their \”Overlooked No More\” series, and in 2020, the United States Mint will release a USD1 gold coin in her honor. She was born on July 4, 1911, in Petersburg, Alaska. Elizabeth graduated from Ketchikan High School, and then attended Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, and the Western College of Education in Bellingham, Washington. On December 15, 1931, Elizabeth married Roy Scott Peratovich, also a Tlingits, of mixed native and Serbian descent, who worked in a cannery. They had three children: daughter Loretta Montgomery and sons Roy, Jr. and Frank.
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