Verda Welcome
Politician
1907 – 1990
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Who was Verda Welcome?
Verda Freeman Welcome was an American teacher, civil rights leader, and Maryland state senator. Welcome was the first black woman to be elected to a state senate. She spent 25 years in the Maryland legislature and worked to pass legislation which enforced stricter employment regulations and discouraged racial discrimination.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1907
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- New York University
- Coppin State University
- Died
- Apr 22, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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