Verda Welcome
Verda Welcome | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
| In office January 2, 1963 – January 12, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | J. Alvin Jones |
| Succeeded by | Troy Brailey |
| Constituency | Fourth District of Baltimore City (1962–1974) 40th district (1974–1982) |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the Fourth District of Baltimore City | |
| In office January 7, 1959 – January 2, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Emory Cole Truly Hatchett Morton C. Pollack |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Abramson Harvey A. Epstein Clarence Mitchell III Ernest D. Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Verda Mae Freeman March 18, 1907 |
| Died | April 22, 1990 (aged 83) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Henry C. Welcome (m. 1935) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Morgan State College (BA) New York University (MA) |
Verda Mae Freeman Welcome (18 March 1907 – 22 April 1990) was an American teacher, civil rights leader, and Maryland state senator. Welcome was the second black woman to be elected to a state senate in the U.S. (Cora Mae Brown was the first in 1952). She spent 25 years in the Maryland legislature and worked to pass legislation which enforced stricter employment regulations and discouraged racial discrimination.