DeVerne Lee Calloway

DeVerne Lee Calloway (June 17, 1916 - January 23, 1993[1]) was an American politician who was the first black woman to serve in the Missouri state legislature. She served as a Missouri state representative. Calloway was educated at the Seventh Day Adventist Grammar School, LeMoyne College in Memphis, Atlanta University, Northwestern University, Pioneer Business Institute in Philadelphia, and Pendle Hill, a Quaker School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. She was married to Ernest A. Calloway,[2][3] a longtime Teamster organizer who died three years before she did.[4] She and her husband published the Citizen Crusader which was later named the New Citizen. This newspaper covered black politics and civil rights in St. Louis.[5]

DeVerne Lee Calloway
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the St. Louis City-13th, 70th, 81st district
In office
1962–1980
Personal details
BornJune 17, 1916
Memphis, Tennessee
DiedJanuary 23, 1993
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Ernest A. Calloway
Occupationpolitician

The DeVerne Lee Calloway Award named after her recognizes outstanding female leaders in Missouri.[6]

References
  1. "DeVerne Lee Calloway bio at Oxford American Studies Center". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  2. James C. Kirkpatrick. Official Manual State of Missouri 1975-1976. Jefferson City, Missouri: Von Hoffmann Press, Inc. p. 143.
  3. "Missouri State Legislators 1820-2000, C". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. "DeVerne Calloway obit". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. "Missouri Statecraft: Additional Trailblazing Women, 1950-2020" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. "DeVerne Lee Calloway Award looking for nominations". Retrieved 2020-09-01.


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