"She respected her fellow council members and believed that improved relations between white and black communities were crucial to the betterment of Memphis."
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Gwen Robinson Awsumb
Gwen Robinson Awsumb (25 September 1915 – 16 January 2003) was an American politician and social activist. In 1967, she became the first woman to be elected to the city council in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.Her legacy is of challenging “political, social, and racial obstacles with her status as a white, female Republican” in the South.
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