DeVerne Lee Calloway
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DeVerne Lee Calloway | |
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| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the St. Louis City-13th, 70th, 81st district | |
| In office 1962–1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 17, 1916 |
| Died | January 23, 1993 (aged 76) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Ernest A. Calloway |
| Occupation | politician |
DeVerne Lee Calloway (June 17, 1916 – January 23, 1993[1]) was an American politician who was the first black woman to serve in the Missouri state legislature. She served as a Missouri state representative. Calloway was educated at the Seventh Day Adventist Grammar School, LeMoyne College in Memphis, Atlanta University, Northwestern University, Pioneer Business Institute in Philadelphia, and Pendle Hill, a Quaker School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. She was married to Ernest A. Calloway,[2][3] a longtime Teamster organizer who died three years before she did.[4] She and her husband published the Citizen Crusader which was later named the New Citizen. This newspaper covered black politics and civil rights in St. Louis.[5]
The DeVerne Lee Calloway Award named after her recognizes outstanding female leaders in Missouri.[6]
