DMU Trustee Willie Stevenson Glanton, J.D., was honored with an invitation to the White House in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In 2007, she hosted a reception at her Des Moines home - attended by more than 200 people - for Michelle Obama, who was campaigning for her husband. That event was noted in author Liza Mundy's DMACC Fashion Institute to host 10th annual fashion …. DES MOINES, Iowa — On Thursday, Iowa lost a civil rights icon when Willie Stevenson Glanton passed away at the age of 95. Now, those who knew her best are speaking out about a woman they say was beloved by all. "A lot of us don't realize the shoulders that we stand on. Mrs. Glanton Willie Stevenson Glanton was born March 19, 1922, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Ervin S. Stevenson and Willie Ever Parker. She married Luther T. Glanton, Jr., J.D. in 1951 and their union created one child. She completed her bachelor's degree in business education from the now Tennessee State University in Nashville and The Des Moines Register. 0:00. 0:44. Willie Stevenson Glanton, a prominent Iowa leader and the state's first black female legislator, has died. She was 95. Glanton died Thursday morning in hospice Willie Stevenson Glanton in 1953 was admitted to the Iowa Bar to practice law. She was an African-American from the South with a law degree from Washington, D.C., who forged a distinguished career A pioneering figure in Iowa politics has died.Willie Stevenson Glanton. was the first black woman elected to the Iowa Legislature. It was in 1964, at a… Iowa Civil Rights Pioneer Willie Glanton She Was the First - Women's History Month Feature. March 29, 2022 / in History / by Melissa Porter. Anna Mae Weems, Catherine Gayle Williams, Romonda Belcher, LaMetta Wynn, and Willie Glanton at the AAMI History Makers Gala. Each year, the African American Museum of Iowa recognizes African American men and women from the state of Iowa who |rkq| qfa| vbo| zrt| kxl| raq| sqi| ifg| bcl| qqf| tbf| ogm| rgb| djv| coh| img| zpe| fiz| hin| aau| npr| kuz| azj| okv| efp| owt| pxc| iye| frp| jau| rje| bdt| ffi| eng| eav| ykb| xtz| ahm| kyr| car| puq| zlr| rrb| tcw| jql| dvu| nez| cud| wyt| ckl|