1915 - 2003
Gwen Robinson Awsumb American Activist
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| Birthday |
25th September, 1915
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| Birthplace |
Marshall, Michigan, U.S.
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| Died |
16th January, 2003
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| Place of Death |
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Gwen Robinson Awsumb (25 September 1915 – 16 January 2003) was an American politician and social activist. In 1967, she became the first woman to be elected to the city council in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Her legacy is of challenging “political, social, and racial obstacles with her status as a white, female Republican” in the South. During the Memphis sanitation strike in 1968 she became a prominent local figure.
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