1922–2012
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Paula Carter
1940–2001
United States
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Paula Jean Davis Carter (May 17, 1940 – November 5, 2001) was an American Democratic politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was also elected to the Missouri Senate as the first African-American woman to represent the Fifth Senatorial District from the city of St. Louis.
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