Английская Википедия:Irma Anderson
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Irma Louise Anderson (Шаблон:Nee Husbands; January 18, 1931 – January 28, 2024) was an American politician who was the elected mayor of the city of Richmond, California, serving between 2001 and 2006. She ran for re-election as the incumbent Democrat in the 2006 mayoral race and lost to Green Party challenger councilperson Gayle McLaughlin by 192 votes.[1]
Before serving as mayor she was a member of the city council from 1993 through 2000. She was the first black woman to serve on the Richmond city council[2] and arguably claimed to be the first African American woman elected mayor of a major California city (although Doris A. Davis served as mayor of slightly smaller Compton, California in 1973).[3]
Anderson, born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, was her high school class valedictorian. She earned both RN and BSN degrees from Cornell University. She also earned an MPH at the school of public health of University of California, Berkeley.Шаблон:Cn
In 1954, Anderson came to Richmond, California, with her husband, the late Rev. Booker T. Anderson Jr. (who served as Mayor of Richmond from 1973 to 1974). The couple had two sons, Ahmad and Wilbert. Ahmad ran for Richmond City Council in 2020.[4]
Her career changed from nursing to politics working for the Contra Costa County Health Department where she began as a nurse and advanced to Director of Public Health Nursing. As mayor, Anderson worked with the West Contra Costa Unified School District developing after-school programs throughout the city of Richmond.Шаблон:Citation needed
Anderson died from pancreatic cancer at her home in Richmond, on January 28, 2024, at the age of 93.[5][6]
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Шаблон:History of Richmond, California
- ↑ Profile, ca-richmond.civicplus.com; accessed January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Contra Costa Times profile; December 18, 2006.
- ↑ "Woman, 70, wins Richmond race", San Francisco Chronicle via sfgate.com, November 8, 2001; retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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