Gwen B. Giles was the first African American woman elected to the Missouri Senate. Giles was a civil rights activist and got involved in Democratic politics while trying to improve the lives of Blacks living in and around St. Louis. Gwen B. Giles was born on May 14, 1932, in Atlanta, Georgia to Dennis and […]
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