| Summary: | Domestic Amazon Brooks was born on November 26, 1897, in Arcola, Mississippi. In 1915, she traveled to Chicago to help family members and try to find greater opportunities for herself. T In Chicago, Brooks found work as a chambermaid at the Congress Hotel. In 1933, she began to work in a laundry that provided linens and towels to hotels, remaining there for the most of her working years. In 1938, Brooks joined the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, where she continued to attend almost every Sunday. Brooks voted in her first election the year that women in the United States were granted equal voting rights, 1920. She continued to vote in almost every election throughout her life. Remarkably, since the 1932 election when she voted for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Brooks voted on a straight Democratic ticket. She passed away on February 23, 2007 at the age of 110.
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