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C. Bette Wimbish
C. Bette Wimbish (March 24, 1924November 30, 2009) was one of the leading African-American woman activists in Florida promoting the desegregation of schools and civil equality. A tough-minded woman who was determined to break the pattern of discrimination against African Americans in city employment practices, she was most commonly known as a civil rights activist, a politician, and the first African American on the St. Petersburg, Florida city council. As well as being the first black person to hold modern elected office in the Tampa Bay area,〔 Wimbish was also the first black female lawyer in Pinellas County, Florida. She was the wife of Dr. Ralph Wimbish and the mother of three children: Barbara, Terry and Ralph Jr.〔
==Early life and education==
C. Bette Wimbish was born as Carrie Elizabeth Davis in Perry, Florida, to Ola Mae and Tom Davis. Her mother was a housekeeper; her father, Tom, dealt with an issue of alcoholism and left soon after his daughter’s birth. She graduated from Gibbs High school and soon applied for school at University of Pennsylvania. However, Wimbish was turned down as a result of her race. Discouraged but determined, Wimbish began working towards a degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, which is now known as Florida A&M. She began college at the age of 16 with the intention of becoming a doctor. While attending school, she met Ralph Wimbish, another aspiring physician. They married on November 12, 1944. In the same year, she received her bachelor's degree from Florida A&M. She began her career as a physical education teacher, while her husband pursued studies in medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville.
The young couple dealt with issues discrimination and harassment as a result of their civil rights efforts. They attempted to build a house in Tampa in a predominantly white area on 22nd street in 1948. In moving to this area, they hoped to find a suitable place to raise their daughter; however, the house burned to the ground the night before the family moved in. The cause of the fire was never discovered although it is commonly believed to have been the result of an attack by the Ku Klux Klan. Subsequently, the family moved to St. Petersburg, in 1953.〔 Dr. Ralph Wimbish set up a medical office on 16th Street near the current Tropicana Field.〔
Later in her life, she shifted interests from pursuing a medical career to a new passion in law. She applied to Stetson Law School but was turned down due to the controversies of her early civil rights battles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Peggy )〕 She then applied to Florida A&M's law school and graduated in just two years. She passed the bar exam in the upper third but still had difficulties finding work due to widespread discrimination in the South.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Peggy )〕
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