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Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) [1] [2] is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Bass is the first woman and the second Black person, after Tom Bradley, to serve as mayor of Los Angeles. [8] On Sunday morning, April 21, 2024, a person broke a window and entered Mayor Bass' residence, Getty House; the mayor and her family were unharmed. The suspect was apprehended. [66] [67]
First African-American female mayor of San Antonio, Texas: Ivy Taylor [113] First African-American woman to be elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Ollie Tyler; First African-American female Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, as well as the first African-American female mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, New Jersey: Lizette Parker [114]
Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents. 1983. Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois [123] 2001. Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When London Breed was elected as San Francisco’s first Black woman mayor, it was a pinch-me moment for a poor girl from public housing whose ascension showed that no dream ...
It includes Women mayors of places in the United States that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American women mayors" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total.
Dixon was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council, Baltimore's first female mayor, and Baltimore's third black mayor. On January 9, 2009, Dixon was indicted by then State prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh, on twelve felony and misdemeanor counts, including perjury, theft, and misconduct.
In January 1973, Foley, a divorced mother of five, surviving on welfare, ran for a spot on the school board of Taft, Oklahoma, an all-black town of 600 people. She lost the election, but shortly thereafter she became inspired by a book on the successful election of A. J. Cooper as mayor of Pritchard, Alabama. Raising $200 from interested ...