Verda Mae Freeman Welcome was born March 18, 1907 in North Carolina and in 1962, became the first black woman in the U.S. to be elected to a senate seat. She moved to Baltimore in 1929 and graduated from Coppin State Teachers College in 1932. She received her BS from Morgan State College in 1939 and her Master's Degree from New York University in 1943. She taught school in Baltimore from 1934 and 1945.
She was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent the Fourth District of Baltimore (the first black woman to hold that position) for three years. In 1962, she was elected to the state senate.
She worked toward eliminating racial segregation laws, in place since slavery was legal.
She passed away in April 1990 in Baltimore.
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