What is Barbara-Rose Collins?
[[File:Barbara Rose Collins.jpg|right|200px]] '''Barbara-Rose Collins''' (April 13, 1939 – November 4, 2021) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]]. She was the first black woman from [[Michigan]] to be elected to Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/collins-barbara-rose-1939|title=Collins, Barbara-Rose 1939– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> She was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1991 until 1997. Collins was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. Collins died on November 4, 2021 at a Detroit hospital from problems caused by [[COVID-19]], aged 82.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former US Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins of Detroit dies after bout with COVID-19 |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/11/04/barbara-rose-collins-dies-covid-19-congresswoman-city-council-detroit-board-of-education/6290096001/ |website=Detroit News |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{CongLinks|congbio=C000633}} *{{C-SPAN|barbaracollins}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Barbara-Rose}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Detroit]] [[Category:United States representatives from Michigan]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Detroit]] [[Category:African-American politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}