Willie Stevenson Glanton

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Willie Stevenson Glanton
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 37th district
In office
1965–1966
Preceded by Howard Reppert
Succeeded by Vernon N. Bennett
Personal details
Born (1922-03-19) March 19, 1922 (age 102)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Luther T. Glanton, Jr.
Website Glaton's website

Willie Stevenson Glanton (born March 19, 1922) is an American lawyer and former politician in the state of Iowa. Glanton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and attended Tennessee State University and Robert H. Terrell Law School. She moved to Iowa in 1951 and in 1953, became the second African American woman to be admitted to the Iowa Bar. She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964, becoming the first African American woman to sit in that body. She resigned in 1966 to work as a lawyer with the United States Small Business Administration.[1] She was married to Judge Luther T. Glanton, Jr. and had one son, Luther T., III.[2] In 1986, she was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame.[3] In 2010, she was named one of the ten most influential black Iowans by the The Des Moines Register.[4]

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