For other people with similar names, see Elizabeth Davis (disambiguation).
Bettye Davis
Member of the Alaska Senate from the K district
In office January 8, 2001 – January 15, 2013
Preceded by
Tim Kelly
Succeeded by
redistricted
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 21st district
In office January 18, 1993 – January 13, 1997
Preceded by
redistricted
Succeeded by
Joe Ryan
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 14th district
In office January 21, 1991 – January 18, 1993
Serving with Ramona L. Barnes[1]
Preceded by
Walter R. Furnace
Succeeded by
redistricted
Personal details
Born
Bettye Jean Ivory
(1938-05-17)May 17, 1938 Homer, Louisiana
Died
December 2, 2018(2018-12-02) (aged 80) Anchorage, Alaska
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Widowed
Residence
Anchorage, Alaska
Alma mater
Grambling State University
Profession
Social worker
Bettye Jean Davis (née Ivory; May 17, 1938 – December 2, 2018) was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.[2]
Davis was a Democratic Party member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the fourteenth and twenty-first districts from 1991 through 1996[3] and the Alaska Senate, representing the K District from 2000 through 2013. During her time in the Alaska Senate she co-sponsored legislation introduced by Representative Sharon M. Cissna to address the needs of Alaska's aging adult population. Senator Davis was referred to as "the conscience of the Legislature" due to her advocacy for programs which supported vulnerable Alaskans.[4]
She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.[5] She was defeated in the 2012 general election for State Senate district M by Anna Fairclough. In April 2013 she was elected to the Anchorage School Board, a body on which she'd served non-consecutive terms in the 1980s and 1990s.[6] Davis died at her home in Anchorage at the age of 80.[7][8]
In July 2020, Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, a high school in Anchorage was renamed in her honor.[9]
^Urban legislative districts in Alaska at the time were two-member districts with designated seats A and B. Davis held Seat B in District 14.
^"Bettye Davis Obituary". Anchorage Daily News. December 9, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^"Honorable Bettye Davis". The HistoryMakers. May 22, 2018. Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
^"Bettye Davis First Black Woman in Alaska State House of Representatives". Extra Tough: Women of the North Exhibit. Anchorage Museum. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^School Board election: Davis ousts Smith; Croft wins seat Archived September 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Anchorage Daily News, 2 April 2013. Accessed 8 September 2013.
^Bettye Davis-obituary
^Alaska State Legislature-Bettye Davis
^Hanlon, Tegan (October 22, 2020). "Anchorage School Board renames high school after Bettye Davis, Alaska's 1st Black state senator". KTOO. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
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