Ruby Gilbert

Ruby Gilbert (December 19, 1929 – February 28, 2010) was an American politician.

Gilbert was born in Childress, Texas and was raised in Dallas, Texas. In 1954, Gilbert moved to Wichita, Kansas and worked as a nurse's aide at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. Gilbert served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1991 to 2004, from Wichita, and was the first African-American woman to be elected to the Kansas Legislature. Gilbert was appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1991 to fill a vacancy and then was elected to the house in 1992. She was a Democrat. Gilbert died from cancer.[1][2][3]

Notes
  1. Gilbert a mentor, 'lady of integrity,'
  2. Journal of the Kansas Senate-March 4, 2010-Senate Resolution 1832 Honoring Representative Ruby Gilbert-pg. 1131
  3. Kansas Memory-Ruby Gilbert


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