Anna Simms Banks
Female, Deceased Person
1862 – 1923
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Who was Anna Simms Banks?
Anna Simms Banks was an African-American educator and political figure from Winchester, Kentucky. After women gained the right to vote in the United States in 1920, she was a fully credited delegate at the 7th Congressional District Republican Convention in Kentucky, reported to be the first African-American female to hold such a position in the southern part of the United States.
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