Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 37th district
In office 1965–1966
Preceded by
Howard Reppert
Succeeded by
Vernon N. Bennett
Personal details
Born
(1922-03-19)March 19, 1922 Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Died
July 6, 2017(2017-07-06) (aged 95) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Luther T. Glanton, Jr.
Website
Glaton's website
Willie Stevenson Glanton (March 19, 1922 – July 6, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Iowa. She toured Africa and Southeast Asia for the U.S. State Department.[when?] She was a Democrat.[1]
Glanton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and attended Tennessee State University and Robert H. Terrell Law School. She moved to Iowa in 1951 and in 1953, became the second African American woman to be admitted to the Iowa Bar.
She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964, becoming the first African American woman to sit in that body. She resigned in 1966 to work as a lawyer with the United States Small Business Administration.[2][3]
She was married to Judge Luther T. Glanton, Jr. and had one son, Luther T., III.[4] In 1986, she was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame.[5] In 2010, she was named one of the ten most influential black Iowans by The Des Moines Register.[6] She died in Des Moines on July 6, 2017.[7]
^"Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. April 1965.
^"Willie Stevenson Glanton" (PDF). americanbar.org. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^Iowa Legislators Past and Resent-Willie Stevenson Glanton
^Secretary Of State, Iowa (1965). "Iowa Official Register". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^"Iowa Commission on the Status of Women". iowa.gov. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^"Ten most influential black Iowans". The Des Moines Register. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^Iowa's first black female legislator dies at 95
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