Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor was the first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives. From 1971 to 1980, she represented District 20, since renumbered, in her native New Orleans, Louisiana. Taylor was the youngest of thirteen children born to Charles Henry and Mary Delavallade on August 10, 1928. She was educated in […]

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