Barbara Ackermann
Barbara Ackermann | |
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MayorofCambridge, Massachusetts | |
In office 1972–1973 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Vellucci |
Succeeded by | Walter Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born | Barbara Hulley March 1, 1925 Stockholm,Sweden |
Died | July 4, 2020 Lenox, Massachusetts,U.S. | (aged 95)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Paul Kurt Ackermann (1946–2011; death)[1] |
Alma mater | Smith College |
Barbara Ackermann(1925-2020) was an American politician and activist who served on theCambridge, MassachusettsSchool Committee from 1962 to 1967, the City Council from 1968 to 1977, and wasMayorfrom 1972 to 1973.[2][3]
She was born Barbara Hulley in 1925 inStockholm,where her father, Benjamin M. Hulley, a career foreign service officer, was then stationed. She lived her childhood in France and Ireland until briefly returning to the US in 1941.[4]
Ackermann was an opponent of theVietnam Warand a supporter ofEugene McCarthyin the1968 presidential election.[5]
Ackermann was a candidate forGovernor of Massachusettsin1978.She finished behindEdward J. KingandMichael Dukakisin the Democratic primary with 6.72% to King's 51.07% and Dukakis' 42.20%.
Barbara Ackermann died on July 4, 2020, inLenox, Massachusetts,at the age of 95.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Paul Ackermann".Legacy.com.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^"Veteran Cambridge Politicians to Hold Reunion Wednesday".The Boston Globe.October 13, 1980.
- ^"Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts".The Political Graveyard.Lawrence Kestenbaum.RetrievedFebruary 18,2013.
- ^"Barbara Ackerman".Berkshire Eagle. 21 July 2020.Retrieved24 August2020.
- ^Robinson, Walter V. (March 31, 1978). "Ackermann of Cambridge is running for governor".The Boston Globe.
- ^"Barbara Ackermann Obituary (1925 - 2020) The Cambridge Chronicle".Legacy.com.Retrieved2022-06-26.
- Massachusetts Democrats
- Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Women mayors of places in Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Massachusetts School Committee members
- Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council members
- 20th-century Massachusetts politicians
- 20th-century American women politicians
- Candidates in the 1978 United States elections
- 1925 births
- 2020 deaths
- 21st-century American women politicians
- 21st-century American politicians
- Smith College alumni