7-756: Victorine may refer to: People [ edit ] Victorine Q. Adams (1912–2006), first African-American woman to serve on the Baltimore City Council Tory Dent (1958–2005), American poet, art critic and commentator on AIDS Victorine Foot (1920–2000), British painter Victorine Goddard (1844–1935), New Zealand homemaker and hotel-keeper Victorine du Pont Homsey (1900–1998), American architect Victorine Meurent (1844–1927), French model and painter Victorine Gboko Wodié , Ivorian lawyer, magistrate and politician Sasha Victorine (born 1978), American soccer player Victorines,
14-641: A group of philosophers and mystics based at the School of Saint Victor Victorines, monks attached to the Abbey of St Victor, Marseille and its daughter houses Other uses [ edit ] Victorine, one of the Victorines Victorine (ship) , missing Australian schooner USS Utowana (SP-951) , also known as USS Victorine (SP-951), a fishing trawler used in World War I as
21-769: A patrol craft Victorine Studios a French film studio located in Nice See also [ edit ] Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890), French poet Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Victorine . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victorine&oldid=1169710421 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
28-560: A teacher in Baltimore City for fourteen years. In 1935, Adams met and married William L. "Little Willie" Adams , a local businessman who acquired his initial wealth through numbers games and eventually became a wealthy businessman and power broker. Adams turned her eye towards politics when she founded a women's political club, the Colored Democratic Women's Campaign Committee, in 1946. The initial purpose of
35-852: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Victorine Q. Adams Victorine Quille Adams (née Quille ; April 28, 1912 – January 8, 2006) was the first African-American woman to serve on the Baltimore City Council . Born in Baltimore, Maryland to Joseph C. and Estelle Tate Quille, she graduated from Frederick Douglass High School and attended Coppin Teachers College (now Coppin State University ), as well as Morgan State College (now Morgan State University ). After graduating from college, Adams worked as
42-522: The group was to "mobilize support for candidates -- invariably white -- who were sympathetic to black causes." Theodore McKeldin Jr ., was one such politician. Eventually, they focused their efforts on the election of African-American politicians citywide and statewide, such as Verda Welcome and Harry A. Cole . In 1962, Adams ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Maryland State Senate ; she
49-796: Was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1966 as a member of the Democratic Party . The following year, Adams left the state legislature to run for a seat on Baltimore City Council, representing the 4th District . In 1979, while serving on the City Council, Adams partnered with the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company to establish the Baltimore Fuel Fund , which is designed to help local families with their heating bills. The fund has since been renamed
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