Elizabeth Peratrovich
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| Born | July 4, 1911 Petersburg, Alaska |
| Died | December 1, 1958 (aged 47) Seattle, Washington |
| Other names | Kaaxgal.aat |
| Spouse(s) | Roy Peratrovich (1908–1989, m. 1931) |
| Children | Roy Peratrovich, Jr. (b. 1934) Frank Allen Peratrovich (1937–2010) Loretta Marie Montgomery (1940–2010) |
| Parent(s) | Andrew and Mary Wanamaker |
Elizabeth Jean Peratrovich (/ˈprætəvɪtʃ/; née Wanamaker; July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958), Tlingit nation, was an important civil rights activist; she worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, she was credited with advocacy that gained the passage of the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.
Elizabeth Peratrovich was born on July 4, 1911 in Petersburg, Alaska, and was a member of the Lukaax̱.ádi clan, in the Raven moiety of the Tlingit nation. She was orphaned at a young age and adopted by Andrew and Mary Wanamaker. Andrew was a fisherman and Presbyterian lay minister. Elizabeth grew up with them in Petersburg, Klawock, and Ketchikan, Alaska, and graduated from Ketchikan High School. She attended Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, and the Western College of Education in Bellingham, Washington (now part of Western Washington University).
On December 15, 1931, Elizabeth married Roy Peratrovich (1908–1989), also a Tlingit, who worked in a cannery. They lived in Klawock, where Roy was elected to four terms as mayor.
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