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"These women voters have awakened and they expect their views to be properly represented. Women have always been able to bring sound and humane reasoning into everyday life. I believe they are the hope of the country."
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"Working closely with the community during the Great Depression and into the war years, Brown aided and encouraged young African American women during a tumultuous time."
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Cora Mae Brown was the first African-American woman elected to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat who represented Detroit.
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"It wasn’t too hard to sell the women on voting for me. I found there is a little loyalty in our sex."
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"I don’t expect much opposition because I am a woman. I haven’t found that too difficult a ‘handicap’ to overcome."
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"I have found sex a greater handicap than ever."
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"She gave wise counsel, guidance and defense to those continuing to be caught in the confusing maze of the system."
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"Brown had no fear of controversy, and she would openly disagree with other blacks."
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