| DeVerne Lee Calloway | |
| State House: | Missouri |
| District: | St. Louis City-13th, 70th, 81st |
| Term Start: | 1962 |
| Term End: | 1980 |
| Birth Date: | 17 June 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Ernest A. Calloway |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Occupation: | politician |
DeVerne Lee Calloway (June 17, 1916 – January 23, 1993[1]) was an American politician who was the first black woman to serve in the Missouri state legislature. She served as a Missouri state representative. Calloway was educated at the Seventh Day Adventist Grammar School, LeMoyne College in Memphis, Atlanta University, Northwestern University, Pioneer Business Institute in Philadelphia, and Pendle Hill, a Quaker School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. She was married to Ernest A. Calloway,[2] [3] a longtime Teamster organizer who died three years before she did.[4] She and her husband published the Citizen Crusader which was later named the New Citizen. This newspaper covered black politics and civil rights in St. Louis.[5]
The DeVerne Lee Calloway Award named after her recognizes outstanding female leaders in Missouri.[6]