Wilma Webb

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Wilma J. Webb Wilma Webb was a member of the Colorado State Legislature from 1980 to 1993. She sponsored dozens of bills including school reform and equality initiatives. She is best known for sponsoring legislation that adopted Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a Colorado state holiday prior to it becoming a national holiday,^[1] and for her efforts to educate youth about King's legacy.^[2]

Wilma Webb was born of parents Faye and Frank Gerdine in 1944. She married Wellington Webb in 1969. He later became the first African American Mayor of Denver, serving from 1991 to 2003.^[3] She was the first First Lady of Denver to have held political office herself.^[4]

She has been recognized by several organizations including the National Education Association and the Association for Retarded Citizens.

She and her husband have four adult children. She is a member of Zion Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado, and of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

References

↑ "King Day came early for Wilma Webb". Rocky Mountain News. January 18, 1983. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Shun violence, Wilma Webb pleads". Denver Post. January 17, 1994. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
↑ "Wilma Webb biography". The History Makers. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
↑ "Wilma Webb city's first First Lady with a resumé in politics". Denver Post. July 2, 1991. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

Colorado Women's Hall of Fame

1980–1989

1985	Archuleta, LenaLena Archuleta Bird, IsabellaIsabella Bird Bonfils, HelenHelen Bonfils Brown, MollyMolly Brown Chipeta Chase, Mary CoyleMary Coyle Chase Eisenhower, MamieMamie Eisenhower Ford, JustinaJustina Ford Griffith, EmilyEmily Griffith Jackson, Helen HuntHelen Hunt Jackson Lamm, DottieDottie Lamm Maxwell, MarthaMartha Maxwell Meir, GoldaGolda Meir Owl Woman Rippon, MaryMary Rippon Sabin, FlorenceFlorence Sabin Schmoll, HazelHazel Schmoll Schroeder, PatPat Schroeder Stanton, May BonfilsMay Bonfils Stanton Steinbeck, AnneAnne Steinbeck Stockton, RuthRuth Stockton Tabor, Baby DoeBaby Doe Tabor Wormington-Volk, MarieMarie Wormington-Volk Yancey, JeanJean Yancey

1986	Brico, AntoniaAntonia Brico Peterson, Helen Louise WhiteHelen Louise White Peterson Roche, JosephineJosephine Roche Smith, Eudochia BellEudochia Bell Smith

1987	Goldberg, MiriamMiriam Goldberg Jacobs, Frances WisebartFrances Wisebart Jacobs Lathrop, Mary FlorenceMary Florence Lathrop Walker, Lenore E.Lenore E. Walker

1988	Churchill, CarolineCaroline Churchill Crain, OletaOleta Crain Orullian, LaRaeLaRae Orullian Stone, Elizabeth Hickok RobbinsElizabeth Hickok Robbins Stone

1989	Brown, ClaraClara Brown Fallis, Edwina HumeEdwina Hume Fallis Hennessy, SumikoSumiko Hennessy Robinson, Cleo ParkerCleo Parker Robinson

1990–1999

1990	Bancroft, CarolineCaroline Bancroft Cantwell, HendrikaHendrika Cantwell Decker, Sara PlattSara Platt Decker Ries, Jane SilversteinJane Silverstein Ries

1991	Black, Helen MarieHelen Marie Black Fiore, GenevieveGenevieve Fiore Tabor, AugustaAugusta Tabor Webb, WilmaWilma Webb

1996	Van Derbur, MarilynMarilyn Van Derbur Birkland, JoanJoan Birkland Boulding, Elise M.Elise M. Boulding Crawford, Dana HudkinsDana Hudkins Crawford Curry, MargaretMargaret Curry Finkel, Terri H.Terri H. Finkel Gilfoyle, Elnora M.Elnora M. Gilfoyle Long, Mary Hauck ElitchMary Hauck Elitch Long McConnell-Mills, FrancesFrances McConnell-Mills Noel, Rachel BassetteRachel Bassette Noel Walter, Mildred PittsMildred Pitts Walter

1997	Anderson, SusanSusan Anderson Archuleta, EppieEppie Archuleta Barry, CealCeal Barry Bourdas, JuanaJuana Bourdas Hunt, SwaneeSwanee Hunt Muse, ReyneldaReynelda Muse Tobin, Mary LukeMary Luke Tobin

2000–2009

2000	Baca, PollyPolly Baca

2002	Gaskill, GudrunGudrun Gaskill Joselyn, Jo Ann CramJo Ann Cram Joselyn Miller, MaryMary Miller Miller, SueSue Miller Tanner, GloriaGloria Tanner Warner, Emily HowellEmily Howell Warner

2004	Anna Lee AldredAnna Lee Aldred Boyd, Louie CroftLouie Croft Boyd Chambers, MerleMerle Chambers Gabow, PatriciaPatricia Gabow LaNier, CarlottaCarlotta LaNier Perry-Frueauff, AntoinetteAntoinette Perry-Frueauff Perry, CharlotteCharlotte Perry and Mansfield, PortiaPortia Mansfield Taylor, Arie ParksArie Parks Taylor

2006	Allen, StephanieStephanie Allen Collins, JudyJudy Collins Downs, MarionMarion Downs Estés, Clarissa PinkolaClarissa Pinkola Estés Hirschfeld, ArleneArlene Hirschfeld Jones, JeanJean Jones Lorber, FannieFannie Lorber Solomon, SusanSusan Solomon Spencer, CarolineCaroline Spencer Spitz, VivienVivien Spitz

2008	Anschutz-Rodgers, SueSue Anschutz-Rodgers Cuaron, AliciaAlicia Cuaron Dennis, EvieEvie Dennis Dubofsky, JeanJean Dubofsky Makepeace, Mary LouMary Lou Makepeace Nie, LilyLily Nie Petteys, AnnaAnna Petteys Routt, ElizaEliza Routt Woltman, RheaRhea Woltman Zaharias, Mildred DidriksonMildred Didrikson Zaharias

2010–2019

2010	Albright, MadeleineMadeleine Albright Greenberg, ElinorElinor Greenberg Guajardo, MariaMaria Guajardo Marrack, PhilippaPhilippa Marrack Martinez, RamonaRamona Martinez McDaniel, HattieHattie McDaniel O'Brien, SusanSusan O'Brien Scott, Bartley MarieBartley Marie Scott Taylor, Alice BemisAlice Bemis Taylor Tietjen, JillJill Tietjen

2012	Anseth, Kristi S.Kristi S. Anseth Bonnema, Janet PetraJanet Petra Bonnema Duncan, Fannie MaeFannie Mae Duncan Ford, Loretta C.Loretta C. Ford Gallegos, Erinea GarciaErinea Garcia Gallegos Gilpin, LauraLaura Gilpin Grandin, TempleTemple Grandin Hsu, Ding-WenDing-Wen Hsu Kerwin, Mary AnnMary Ann Kerwin Mullarkey, Mary J.Mary J. Mullarkey

Persondata
Name	Webb, Wilma
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth
Date of death
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