- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 9 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Politician Wilma Webb was born in Denver May 17, 1943. She married Wellington Webb, who would become Denver's first African American mayor, in 1969. She became a Democratic committeewoman in 1973, and a member of the Colorado Legislature in 1980. She fought for Colorado to adopt the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, finally succeeding in 1984. In 1991, Wellington Webb became the first African American mayor of Denver and, from that point, Wilma Webb worked tirelessly on anti-drug abuse programs, family issues and promotion of the arts. In 1998, Webb became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Department of Labor representing Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Webb obtained a graduate degree from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, and was a Colorado state representative for thirteen years.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Wilma J. Webb
- The Honorable Wilma J. Webb
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150102
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Wilma J. Webb.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
030942
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Denver, Colorado 2002 June 20.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
State Representative.
- Added Author
Webb, Wilma, 1943- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.