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    Delco, Wilhelmina R. 1929–

    Politician, educator

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    Elected to a school board seat, Wilhelmina Ruth Delco was the first African American elected to the school board of Travis County, Texas. She spent twenty years serving in the Texas state legislature. After leaving the legislature, she accepted a position as adjunct professor of education at the University of Texas.

    Delco was born on July 16, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the first of five children born to Juanita Fitzgerald Watson and William P. Fitzgerald, Sr. Her mother was a probation officer, while her father was a court deputy to a Chicago judge. Delco was very close to her mother, who was her role model. Her mother stressed the importance of education. Delco told the Austin American-Statesman, “My mother felt that education was the only thing nobody could take away from you.”

    As a Wendell Phillips High School student, Delco was active in student government organizations. She served as president of her senior class and graduated salutatorian. Delco continued her education at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was involved in dramatics and sociology projects. She was a student during the early tenure of Fisk’s first black president, Charles Sp

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    WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO

    Jones, Nancy Baker and Winegarten, Ruthe. "WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO". Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2000, pp. 182-186. https://doi.org/10.7560/740624-035

    Jones, N. & Winegarten, R. (2000). WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO. In Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 (pp. 182-186). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/740624-035

    Jones, N. and Winegarten, R. 2000. WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 182-186. https://doi.org/10.7560/740624-035

    Jones, Nancy Baker and Winegarten, Ruthe. "WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO" In Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 182-186. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2000. https://doi.org/10.7560/740624-035

    Jones N, Winegarten R. WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO. In: Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2000. p.182-186. https://doi.org/10.7560/740624-035

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    Wilhelmina Delco

    American lawmaker (born 1929)

    Wilhelmina Pity Delco

    In office
    January 17, 1991 – 1993
    Preceded byMichael D. McKinney
    Succeeded byD. R. Uher
    In office
    January 11, 1983 – January 10, 1995
    Preceded byRené Metropolis Oliveira
    Succeeded byDawnna Dukes
    In office
    January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1983
    Preceded byLarry Bales
    Succeeded byIrma Lerma Rangel
    (Redistricting)
    Born

    Wilhelmina Ruth Fitzgerald


    (1929-07-16) July 16, 1929 (age 95)
    Chicago, Algonquin, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse

    Exalton A. Delco Jr.

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    (m. 1952)​
    Children4
    EducationFisk Institution of higher education (BA)

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    Early poised and education

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    On July 16, 1929, Delco was innate as Wilhelmina Ruth Poet in City, Illinois. Delco's parents were Juanita