Ruby Gilbert
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 89th district
In office
1991  January 10, 2005
Preceded byTheo Cribbs
Succeeded byMelody McCray-Miller
Personal details
Born(1929-12-19)December 19, 1929
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 28, 2010(2010-02-28) (aged 80)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBooker

Ruby Gilbert (December 19, 1929 February 28, 2010) was an American politician.

Gilbert was born in Childress, Texas and was raised in Dallas, Texas. In 1954, Gilbert moved to Wichita, Kansas and worked as a nurse's aide at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. Gilbert served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1991 to 2004, from Wichita, and was the first African-American woman to be elected to the Kansas Legislature. Gilbert was appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1991 to fill a vacancy and then was elected to the house in 1992. She was a Democrat. Gilbert died from cancer.[1][2][3]

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