Вильгельмина Делько
Вильгельмина Рут Делько | |
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| Спикер Pro Tempore из Палаты представителей Техаса | |
| В офисе 17 января 1991 - 1993 | |
| Предшествует | Майкл Д. МакКинни |
| Преуспевает | Доктор Ухер |
| Член техасской палаты представителей из 50 -го округа | |
| В офисе 11 января 1983 г. - 10 января 1995 г. | |
| Предшествует | Рене Орландо Оливейра |
| Succeeded by | Dawnna Dukes |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 37-1, 37-D district | |
| In office January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Bales |
| Succeeded by | Irma Lerma Rangel (Redistricting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wilhelmina Ruth Fitzgerald July 16, 1929 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Exalton A. Delco Jr.
(m. 1952) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Fisk University (BA) |
Вильгельмина Рут Делько ( урожденная Фицджеральд ; родилась 16 июля 1929 года) - американский политик, который служил в Техасской палате представителей . [ 1 ] Она была введена в Техасский Зал славы женской славы в 1986 году. [ 2 ] Она была первым афроамериканским чиновником, избранным в целом в округе Трэвис и первой женщиной, которая занимала вторую по величине позицию в Техасской палате представителей.
Ранняя жизнь и образование
[ редактировать ]16 июля 1929 года Delco родилась как Вильгельмина Рут Фицджеральд в Чикаго , штат Иллинойс. Родителями Делько были Хуанита и Уильям П. Фицджеральд. Делько учился в средней школе Академии Венделла Филлипса .
В 1950 году Delco получил степень бакалавра гуманитарных наук в области социологии в Университете Фиска в Нэшвилле, штат Теннесси .
Карьера
[ редактировать ]In 1968, Delco was elected to the board of trustees for the Austin Independent School District, becoming the first African American elected to public office in Austin.[3][1] In 1971, she led the effort to nominate Gus Garcia to fill a vacancy on the board.[4][5] She was the secretary of the board from 1972 to 1974. She was also on the founding Board of Trustees of Austin Community College and served as secretary of the board from 1973 to 1974.[6] She was a member of the Austin League of Women Voters.[7]
Prior to 1974, Travis County elected its state representatives county wide from a multi-member district. Federal courts ordered Travis County's four state representatives to be elected from single member districts starting in 1974. Delco was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from a new northeast Travis County single member district in 1974[8] and would go on to serve ten terms in the legislature. From 1979 to 1991, she was chair of the Higher Education Committee for the House. From 1991 to 1993, she was speaker pro tempore for the House of Representatives. She retired from the legislature in 1995.[3][9]
She was chair of the board of trustees for Huston-Tillotson College and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin with the Community College Leadership Program.[3] Delco was the chair of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity of the United States Department of Education.[2] She was also involved in efforts to encourage divestiture from apartheid-era South Africa.[10] Delco was a commissioner of the Texas Ethics Commission.[11]
In 1993, she was awarded the James Bryant Conant Award by the Education Commission of the States for her contributions to American education.[12]
The Wilhelmina F. Delco Building on the campus of Prairie View A&M University is named after her.[13]
The Delco Activity Center in Austin, which opened in 2002, is named after her and her husband. It provides facilities for a variety of athletic competitions.[14]
Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School in Austin and in Pflugerville ISD is named after her.[15]
The City of Austin's Permitting and Development Center, which opened in July 2021, is located on Wilhelmina Delco Drive.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Delco's husband is Exalton A. Delco Jr., whom she met in the cafeteria while attending Fisk University.[17] Exalton A. Delco Jr. became the first African American to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962. He had a long career as a professor at Huston–Tillotson University and Austin Community College.[18] Delco and her husband are Catholic.[19] She has four children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b McCartan, Anne-Marie (2017). Unexpected Influence: Women Who Helped Shape the Early Community College Movement. pp. 103–107. ISBN 978-1475828665.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Wilhelmina Ruth Delco". Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Texas Women's University.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Honorable Wilhelmina Delco". The History Makers: The Digital Repository for the Black Experience.
- ^ Slusher, Daryl (June 2, 2000). "The Life and Times of Gus Garcia". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ King, Michael (January 7, 2019). ""We Were Very, Very Lucky"". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Delco, BAC Co-Chair". Austin Community College District.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Ruth Delco: Champion for Education". Texas Women's Foundation.
- ^ Dunbar, Wells (February 28, 2008). "David Van Os on Single-Member Districts". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Delco". Texas Legislators: Past & Present. Texas Legislative Reference Library.
- ^ "Delco, Wilhelmina R. Fitzgerald (b. 1929)". University of North Texas.
- ^ Whittaker, Richard (March 2, 2008). "Thompson Wins Ethics Assault". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ "Honors & Awards". Education Week. September 29, 1993.
- ^ "Wilhelmina F. Delco Building". Prairie View A&M University.
- ^ "Delco Activity Center". Visit Austin.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School". The Texas Tribune.
- ^ "Visit the PDC". City of Austin.
- ^ Маккрей, Мэрилин (май 2009 г.). «Многие жизни Вильгельмины Делько» (PDF) . Журнал Остина Женщина . Получено 1 августа 2023 года .
- ^ Реддик, Ричард Дж.; Томпсон, Лиза Б. (5 января 2022 г.). «Черный Остин имеет значение: Вильгельмина и Энальтон Делько» . Kut & Kutx Studios (подкаст).
- ^ "Награды на премию 2020 года : Каррия Остина
- ^ «Вильгельмина Делько» . Пресс Тринити Университет .
Внешние ссылки
[ редактировать ]- Интервью с представителем штата Вильгельминой Делько , в Блэк -Америке , Kut Radio , Американский архив общественного вещания , 21 ноября 1984 года ( WGBH и Библиотека Конгресса)
- Вильгельмина Делько о политике и десегрегации , Остин ПБ , 14 января 2014 г.
- Разговор с Вильгельминой Делько , PBS, 10 апреля 2019 г.
- Вильгельмина Делько: домохозяйка, Йеллоустоун -национальный парк , Техасская история Башни, сделанная с поддержкой Кута и Центра американской истории Дольфа Бриско.
- Фотография Вильгельмины Делько , Центр американской истории Дольфа Бриско.