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Alice Harrell Strickland (June 24, 1859 – September 8, 1947) was an American politician and activist from Duluth, Georgia. Strickland was the first woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia. She was also known for philanthropic work including establishing the first community forest in Georgia.
Duluth (/ d ə ˈ l uː θ / ⓘ də-LOOTH [7]) is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. Located north of Interstate 85 , it is approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Atlanta . As of the 2020 census , Duluth had a population of 31,873, and the United States Census Bureau estimated the population to be 31,864 as of 2021.
Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor of Duluth, Georgia, United States Strickland was the first woman elected mayor in the state of Georgia [43] [44] Clara Winterbotham, first woman elected mayor of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, England [27] 1922
DULUTH – Mayor Emily Larson wants Duluth to be "the greenest city in the country" and to create the "most trusted public safety department in the state." "And it's our next task to do the work ...
Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia [108] 1934. Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans, [109] first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia [110] 1978. Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia [111] 1991. Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of ...
Brooke Huckaby, 21, did not find out she was the country’s youngest female mayor until her swearing in ceremony in January, writes Isaac Lozano ‘I love my little town’: A 21-year-old in ...
Emily Larson (born 1973) is an American politician and former mayor of Duluth, Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Larson was elected mayor of Duluth in November 2015 and inaugurated on January 4, 2016, the first female mayor in the city's history. She won reelection in 2019.
From 2019 to 2021, Kozlowski worked as a community relations officer for the City of Duluth and Mayor Emily Larson, where they advocated to remove the word "chief" from city job titles and helped create a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People Reward Fund, the first in Minnesota. [2] [8] [9]