Wynona Lipman

Politician

1923 – 1999

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Who was Wynona Lipman?

Wynona Moore Lipman was an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate. Lipman became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Senate when she won her seat in 1971, and her 27 years of service made her the Senate's longest-serving member at the time of her death.

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Born
1923
LaGrange
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Columbia University
  • Talladega College
  • Clark Atlanta University
Lived in
  • Newark
Died
May 9, 1999
Newark

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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