Insurance, Commerce and Labor; and State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs. She also served on the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund Board, the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee and the Ohio Commission on Minority Health. Death Brown died in Ohio on January 1, 2022, at the age of 81. References External links The Ohio Ladies' Gallery: Edna Brown 1940 births 2022 deaths 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American women African-American state legislators in Ohio African-American women in politics Politicians from Toledo, Ohio Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Democratic Party Ohio state senators Women state legislators in Ohio Ohio city council members Women city councillors in Ohio