", “everybody knew the ground rules. There was no mistaking where your place was.”"
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Women activists from the United StatesAfrican-American feministsWomen politicians in the United StatesPoliticians from Tennessee
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Gladys McCoy
Gladys McCoy (February 28, 1928 – April 11, 1993) was an American politician who was the first African American elected to public office in the state of O
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