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Alfreda Helen Abbott (b. 1931) —
also known as Alfreda Abbott; Alfreda Helen
Lester —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 8,
1931.
Daughter of Fred Alphonso Lester and Alberta (Penn) Lester.
Democrat. Probation
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1972,
1988
(alternate); field representative for State Sen. Nicholas
Petris; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives:
Married 1954
to Robert Perry Abbott. |
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Dorothy Wright Atkinson (b. 1911) —
also known as Dorothy W. Atkinson; Dorothy
Wright —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
31, 1911.
Daughter of John L. Wright and Letitia (Ferguson) Wright.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1960.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Urban
League; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1967.
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Philip Blank (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born May 8,
1898.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
lawyer;
college
teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1945-46.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Delta Sigma Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dora Rubenstein. |
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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Larcenia J. Bullard (b. 1947) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Allendale, Allendale
County, S.C., July 21,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 118th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1999.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta Sigma Theta.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Bettye Davis (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Louisiana, May 17,
1938.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1990, 1992, 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1996;
member of Alaska
state senate District K, 2001-; defeated, 1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Zonta; NAACP.
Still living as of 2001.
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Willye F. Clayton Dennis (b. 1926) —
also known as Willye Dennis —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 14,
1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned
1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1999.
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Elizabeth Simpson Drewry (1887-1979) —
also known as Elizabeth Drewry; Elizabeth
Simpson —
of Northfork, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Motley, Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
22, 1887.
Daughter of H. Grant Simpson and Katherine (Douglass) Simpson.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1951-64.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Delta Sigma Theta; National
Education Association; NAACP.
Died in September, 1979
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to William H. Drewry. |
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Toni Nathaniel Harp —
also known as Toni N. Harp —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2010.
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Mae J. Jackson (born c.1940) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1940.
Democrat. Social
worker; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 2004-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 2004.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Dillard Huddleston. |
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Carol Moseley Braun (b. 1947) —
also known as Carol Elizabeth Moseley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1979-88; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1993-99; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1999-2001; Samoa, 1999-2001; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2011.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta.
First
African-American woman to be elected to U.S. Senate.
Still living as of 2011.
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Vel R. Phillips (b. 1924) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
18, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1979-83.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1983.
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Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
26, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1988;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP;
Delta Sigma Theta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
10, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1990; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta; NAACP.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in a hospital
at East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
20, 2008 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cicely Tyson (b. 1933) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1933.
Daughter of William Tyson and Theodesia Tyson.
Democrat. Model;
actress;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2008.
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