| Other author/creator | Delco, Wilhelmina R. (Wilhelmina Ruth), 1929- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Wilhelmina Delco |
| Portion of title |
Honorable Wilhelmina Delco |
| Abstract |
Politician Wilhelmina R. Delco was born on July 16, 1929. She received her B.A degree in sociology from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1950. Delco was elected to the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees in 1968, making her the first African American elected to public office in Austin, Texas. Delco served ten terms in the Texas Legislature. In 1979, she was appointed chair of the House Higher Education Committee where she served until 1991, when she became speaker pro tempore. This made her the first woman and the second African American to hold the second highest position in the Texas House of Representatives until 1993. She has served as the chair of the board of trustees at Houston-Tillotson College and as adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin with the Community College Leadership Program. Delco and her husband, Dr. Exalton A. Delco, Jr., live in Austin, Texas. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Austin, Texas 2006 May 4. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.090 HistoryMakers |
