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Ann Shaw
1921–2015
United States
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Biography
Ann Shaw (November 21, 1921 – May 5, 2015) was an American social worker and civic leader based in Los Angeles for five decades. Shaw was a leader of the YWCA of the Greater Los Angeles for two terms and the first African American to head the organization and the first woman and first African American to serve on the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
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