City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0133R

• File #: 06-0133R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Victorine Q. Adams Memorial Garden at City Hall
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/6/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/26/2007
• Title: The Victorine Q. Adams Memorial Garden at City Hall FOR the purpose of calling upon the Mayor to join with the City Council in dedicating the flower beds that grace the entrance to City Hall in celebration of the life of Victorine Q. Adams, the 1st African American woman to serve on the Baltimore City Council, founder of the Baltimore Fuel Fund, and tireless worker for Civil Rights and Women's Rights, who, for more than 6 decades, enriched the lives of the citizens of the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Kenneth Harris, Paula Johnson Branch, President Young, Keiffer Mitchell, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/26/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
11/26/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
11/19/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/9/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/9/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/6/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
2/6/2006	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Victorine Q. Adams Memorial Garden at City Hall

FOR the purpose of calling upon the Mayor to join with the City Council in dedicating the flower beds that grace the entrance to City Hall in celebration of the life of Victorine Q. Adams, the 1st African American woman to serve on the Baltimore City Council, founder of the Baltimore Fuel Fund, and tireless worker for Civil Rights and Women's Rights, who, for more than 6 decades, enriched the lives of the citizens of the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland.
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Victorine Q. Adams, truly one of Baltimore's best and brightest, was born in this City on April 28, 1912, and passed away in this City on January 6, 2006. She graduated from Douglass High School, Coppin State College, and Morgan State College before embarking on a 14- year teaching career in Baltimore City Public Schools and an esteemed career in Baltimore politics and the Civil Rights movement.

Mrs. Adams accomplishments are many. In the early 1940's, she formed the Colored Women's Democratic Campaign Committee to elect candidates who were sensitive to minority issues and initiated a Junior Registration Corps that inspired children to become active in the democratic process. In 1966, she also was elected to serve her constituency, first as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and then as a member of the Baltimore City Council where she serve...