Wilma J. Webb is an American politician who was a member of the Colorado General Assembly from 1980 to 1993. A Democrat,she represented Denver County in the Colorado House of Representatives. She sponsored dozens of bills including school reform and equality initiatives. She is best known for sponsoring legislation that adopted Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a Colorado state holiday before it became the federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday,and for her efforts to educate the young about King's legacy.
Morgan Lenore Carroll is an American politician from Colorado and was the Chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party. A Democrat,Carroll represented Colorado House District 36 in the city of Aurora from 2004 to 2008,and she represented the state's 29th Senate district from 2009 to 2017. Carroll served as President of the Colorado State Senate from 2013 to 2014 and as minority leader in 2015. Carroll stepped down as minority leader in July 2015 to unsuccessfully run against incumbent Republican Mike Coffman for Colorado's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to her legislative work,Carroll works for the law firm of Bachus &Schanker.
Mary Lou Makepeace is an American politician who served as the mayor of Colorado Springs,Colorado from 1997 to 2003. She was the first woman to hold that position.
Debbie Stafford is a Colorado legislator. First appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2000,Stafford was elected four times to represent House District 40,which encompasses Elbert County and rural Arapahoe County east of Aurora,Colorado. Noted for her work on animal welfare and children's issues,Stafford left the Republican caucus and joined the Democratic Party in October 2007.
Nancy Spence is a former Republican Colorado legislator. First elected to the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in the 1980s,Spence was elected to three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives,serving from 1999 to 2005,and represented the 27th district of the Colorado Senate from 2005 until 2013.
Jeanne Labuda was a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Labuda represented House District 1.
Karen Middleton is an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008 and 2008 to 2011.
Edward Casso is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Casso represented House District 32,which encompasses suburbs of Denver,Colorado in northwestern Adams County,from 2006 to 2012.
Gladys Noel Bates was an African-American civil rights pioneer,and educator who filed a lawsuit,Gladys Noel Bates vs the State of Mississippi,in 1948 charging salary discrimination against black teachers and principals. Although her lawsuit was not successful,it brought enough attention to the issue of wage equality in education to begin to equalize salaries.
David A. Day is a Republican former member of Missouri House of Representatives,representing Camden,Laclede,and Pulaski Counties. Elected to the House in 2004,in 2006 Day was appointed as Chairman of the House Veteran's Committee and served in that position until he left office at the end of 2012 due to term limits.
Betty June "B.J." Nikkel was a state representative in the U.S. state of Colorado. She served in House leadership as Republican House Majority Whip,the fourth highest-ranking leader in the Colorado House of Representatives. Nikkel was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives in January 2009 by vacancy committee to fill the vacancy caused by Kevin Lundberg's appointment to the Colorado State Senate. She was sworn in on January 22,2009.
Winfred Jarrett Dukes is an American politician from Georgia. Dukes is a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Paula E. Sandoval is a politician from Denver,Colorado. From 2002 to 2010,she served in the Colorado State Senate. She resigned from the State Senate in May 2010 after winning a special election to fill a vacant seat in District 1 of the Denver City Council. In 2011,she began to campaign for re-election to the seat,but abandoned her campaign after her husband became ill.
Angela Williams is an American politician from Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2010,Williams represented House District 7,which encompasses the northeast part of Denver,including the neighborhoods of Montbello and Green Valley Ranch,and the Denver International Airport.
Rhonda Marshall Fields is a Democratic politician from Colorado. She represents District 28 in the Colorado Senate. During the 2020 reapportionment process,Buckner's residence moved from senate district 29 to senate district 28. Earlier,she represented District 29 from January 2017 to January 2023. Previously,she served as member of the Colorado State House of Representatives representing District 42 from Aurora,Colorado. She was the first African American woman elected in State House District 42,as well as the first Speaker pro Tempore.
Sylvia Jung Luke is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years,from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
Lena Lovato Archuleta was an American educator,school librarian,and administrator in New Mexico and Colorado for more than three decades. In 1976 she became the first Hispanic woman principal in the Denver Public Schools system. She was also the first Hispanic president of the Denver Classroom Teachers' Association and the Colorado Library Association,and the first female president of the Latin American Education Foundation. She was instrumental in the founding of several political and community advocacy groups for Latinos and served on numerous city and community boards. Following her retirement in 1979,she became a full-time volunteer for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985. In 2002 the Denver Public Schools system dedicated the Lena L. Archuleta Elementary School in northeast Denver in her honor.
Virginia H. Fraser was an American activist for human rights,women's rights,and elder rights. She was the Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Colorado for more than two decades. She co-wrote several works on nursing home care and eldercare. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Arlene Hirschfeld is an American community activist. Since the 1980s,she has served on the board of trustees of numerous Denver and Colorado state organizations,working in advisory,leadership,and fundraising capacities. The recipient of numerous awards,she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.
Harriet Goodrich Rosenkrans Wright was an American politician and suffragist who served in the Colorado House of Representatives.
