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Melvoid Benson's Biography

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Full Name:

Melvoid J. Benson

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

02/13/1930

Birth Place:

Jackson, TN

Home City:

North Kingstown, RI

Religion:

Methodist

BA, Lane College, 1951

Representative, Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1990-present.

South County Caucus of Legislators, Chair

Experience, Rhode Island Women's Caucus

Experience, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Board of Directors

Experience, Central Retired Teachers Association

Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Kappa Gamma

Experience, Ladies Auxiliary

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Experience, North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee

Experience, North Kingstown United Methodist Church

Experience, Order of Eastern Star

North Kingstown Democratic Women's Club, President.

Rhode Island Racial, Religious, and Ethnic Commission

Experience, Rhode Island Committee on Women

Experience, Rhode Island Port Authority

Experience, Rhode Island State Democratic Committee

Experience, State Democratic Women's Organization

Experience, Urban League

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