Verda Mae Freeman Welcome (1907-1990) seated on a couch reading a book. Welcome was a public school teacher, civil rights activist, and one of the first Black women to be elected to a state senate in the United States.
circa 1948
BCLM HEN
4 x 5 inches
HEN.01.08-013
1 negative
5934
This collection is part of the larger Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, transferred to the Maryland Historical Society (now Maryland Center for History and Culture) in 1998.
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