Background
Salmon, Wilma Hope was born on November 8, 1922 in Corbin, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of David Monroe and Laura Edna (Warren) Salmon.
Salmon, Wilma Hope was born on November 8, 1922 in Corbin, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of David Monroe and Laura Edna (Warren) Salmon.
Bachelor, University Kentucky, 1943. Master of Social Work, Tulane University, 1951. Juris Doctor, Loyola South, 1982.
State program chief, Louisiana department human resources, Baton Rouge. Case worker American Red Cross, New Orleans, 1943—1947, Board Public Welfare, Washington, 1947—1949, supervisor, 1947—1949, Child Welfare-Orleans Parish, Childrens Division, New Orleans, 1949—1963. Director Orleans P-D Public Welfare, 1963—1973, social analyst, until, 1973.
Foster care adoption analyst Day Care Human Resources, Baton Rouge, 1973—1979. Legal service developer Louisiana Governors Office Elderly Affairs, from 1982. Field work instructor Tulane University, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1950—1958.
Member Louisiana Health Planning Advisory Council, Baton Rouge, 1972. Secretary executive committee New Orleans Health Plan Council, 1973—1976. Board directors St. Marks Community Center, New Orleans, 1970—1972.
Group leader Goals Grow, New Orleans, 1972. Board directors Battered Women's Program, New Orleans, from 1987.
Member of League of Women Voters, American Bar Association, National Association Social Workers (board directors 1968-1970), Louisiana State Bar Association, Vieux Carre Property Owners (New Orleans), Phi Delta Kappa.