Global InformationGwen Robinson Awsumb information
Gwen Robinson Awsumb | |
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 Gwen Robinson Awsumb | |
| Memphis City Council | |
| In office 1968–1975 | |
| Constituency | District 2; At-Large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gwendolyn Van Court Robinson September 25, 1915 Marshall, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 2003 (aged 87) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | George Wells Awsumb |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Rhodes College |
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.[1] During the Memphis sanitation strike in 1968 she became a prominent local figure.[2]
- ^ Adolph, Regan; Flanders, Lanier (2013). "Gwen R. Awsumb Collection: Biographical Note". Memphis and Shelby County Room. Memphis Public Library and Information Center.
- ^ Little, Kimberly (2009). You Must Be from the North: Southern White Women in the Memphis Civil Rights Movement (1 ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 66–69. ISBN 9781604733518.