Verda F. Welcome
"My mother taught me how to carry myself as a woman; she taught me that my sex and my color were not barriers, regardless of what others may tell me."
image source: Paul Henderson
Verda Freeman Welcome
Verda Freeman Welcome, 1950
Portrait of Verda F. Welcome
image source: Maryland State Archives
"She listened to the needs of her people and turned them into political action."
—Barbara A. Mikulski
Meet Verda Welcome
>>Verda Welcome: 'Woman of Valor'
>>Senator Welcome: True Public Servant
>>Verda Welcome Museum Exhibit
>>Verda Welcome Digital Photo Gallery
How did Verda Freeman Welcome turn the needs of her people into political action? How are current legislators continuing Verda Welcome's legacy?