Wynona Lipman

Wynona Moore Lipman
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office
January 11, 1972 – May 9, 1999
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded bySharpe James
Constituency11th District (at-large) (1972–1974)
29th District (1974–1999)
Personal details
Born1923
LaGrange, Georgia
DiedMay 9, 1999(1999-05-09) (aged 75–76)
Newark, New Jersey
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMatthew Lipman
ResidenceNewark, New Jersey
Alma materTalladega College
Atlanta University
Columbia University
OccupationProfessor, politician

Evelyn Wynona Lipman (née Moore; 1923[1] – May 9, 1999) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate. Lipman became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Senate when she won her seat in 1971, and her 27 years of service made her the Senate's longest-serving member at the time of her death.[2]

  1. ^ Sims, Stephanie R. (2009) [2000]. In Profile: Senator Wynona R. Lipman (PDF). Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010.
  2. ^ " Wynona Lipman, 67, Veteran In the New Jersey State Senate", The New York Times, May 12, 1999. Accessed March 29, 2008.