Dorothy Eugenia Rogers Tilly (June 30, 1883 – March 16, 1970) was an American civil rights activist from the Progressive Era until her death.
[1] She was a noted activist in the Women's Missionary Society (WMS), Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, Southern Regional Council, Fulton-DeKalb Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and Fellowship of the Concerned (FOC).
She was also appointed to the President's Committee on Civil Rights in 1946 by Harry S. Truman.
Tilly was a member of Phi Mu fraternity and also an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta.