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Verda F. Welcome
"My mother taught me how to carry myself as a woman; she taught me that my sex and my color were not barriers, regardless of what others may tell me." —Verda Freeman Welcome
Verda Freeman Welcome, 1950 image source: Paul Henderson
"She listened to the needs of her people and turned them into political action." —Barbara A. Mikulski
Portrait of Verda F. Welcome image source: Maryland State Archives
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How did Verda Freeman Welcome turn the needs of her people into political action? How are current legislators continuing Verda Welcome's legacy?