Vivian Caver
Appearance
Vivian Caver | |
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Member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 37th district | |
In office January 10, 1994 – January 9, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Gary Locke |
Succeeded by | Kip Tokuda |
Personal details | |
Born | Jackson, Tennessee, United States | June 13, 1928
Died | August 22, 2021 Seattle, Washington | (aged 93)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Monroe Starkey Caver |
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Occupation | human rights activist |
Vivian Leona Mead Caver (June 13, 1928 – August 22, 2021) was an American politician in the state of Washington. Appointed to a 37th District vacancy, Caver was the third African-American woman to serve in the Washington House of Representatives, serving the 37th district from 1994 to 1995. An alumnus of Morgan State College and the University of Washington, she was a human rights activist.[1][2][3][4]
She directed the Seattle Human Rights Commission before her appointment to the Washington State House of Representatives.[5]
She died on August 22, 2021, in Seattle, Washington, at age 93.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Washington State Yearbook". Information Press. March 24, 1994 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lilian Caver, Washington State Legislature Member Biographies
- ^ "Vivian Caver". Washington State Historical Society.
- ^ "Caver, Vivian Leona (1928 - ) - The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. December 25, 2008.
- ^ "Caver, Vivian Leona (1928 - ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. December 25, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Vivian L. Caver, who fought for change in Seattle for more than half a century, dies at 93". The Seattle Times. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
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- 1928 births
- 2021 deaths
- University of Washington alumni
- Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives
- Morgan State University alumni
- African-American state legislators in Washington (state)
- Women state legislators in Washington (state)
- 20th-century African-American women politicians
- People from Jackson, Tennessee
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- 20th-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American politicians
- 21st-century African-American women politicians
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Washington (state) politician stubs