Antonina Uccello

Antonina "Ann" P. Uccello (born May 19, 1922^[1]) was elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut in 1967, and was the first female mayor in both the city and the U.S. state of Connecticut.^[2] She was also the first woman to serve as mayor of a US state capital.

Uccello was an executive at the Hartford department store G. Fox & Co.. She approached her boss in 1963 and said she would like to run for Hartford city council. Since the council met on Mondays, a day the department store was closed, her boss gave her permission to run. She served two terms on the council before being elected mayor in 1967. She ran as a Republican in a mainly Democratic Party city, and remains the city's last Republican mayor.^[3] She was re-elected as mayor in 1969, and was subsequently asked by President Richard Nixon to go to Washington to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she later also worked during the successive administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.^[2]

She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1999.^[4]

References

↑ International Biographical Centre (1974). The World Who's who of Women - Volume 2. Melrose Press. p. 1260.
1 2 "Antonina Uccello". University of Saint Joseph. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
↑ "Trail-Blazing Former Hartford Mayor Ann Uccello Turns 90". Hartford Courant. 2012-05-18.
↑ "Antonina Uccello". Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame

1990–1999

1994	Akeley, Mary JobeMary Jobe Akeley Albers, AnniAnni Albers Anderson, MarianMarian Anderson Auerbach, Beatrice FoxBeatrice Fox Auerbach Baker, Emma FieldingEmma Fielding Baker Batchelder, Evelyn LongmanEvelyn Longman Batchelder Beecher, CatharineCatharine Beecher Cohen, JodyJody Cohen Crandall, PrudencePrudence Crandall Day, Katharine SeymourKatharine Seymour Day Fielding, Fidelia HoscottFidelia Hoscott Fielding Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsCharlotte Perkins Gilman Goodwin, DorothyDorothy Goodwin Grasso, Ella TambussiElla Tambussi Grasso Griswold, EstelleEstelle Griswold Hall, MaryMary Hall Hamilton, AliceAlice Hamilton Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine Martha HoughtonKatharine Martha Houghton Hepburn Hooker, Isabella BeecherIsabella Beecher Hooker Jones, Emeline RobertsEmeline Roberts Jones Kennelly, BarbaraBarbara Kennelly Luce, Clare BootheClare Boothe Luce Milton, Rachel TaylorRachel Taylor Milton Paul, AliceAlice Paul Peters, Ellen AshEllen Ash Peters Petry, AnnAnn Petry Porter, SarahSarah Porter Riddle, Theodate PopeTheodate Pope Riddle Rosario, Edna NegronEdna Negron Rosario Rudkin, Margaret FogartyMargaret Fogarty Rudkin Saint James, SusanSusan Saint James Sigourney, Lydia HuntleyLydia Huntley Sigourney Smith, Virginia ThrallVirginia Thrall Smith Smiths of Glastonbury, TheThe Smiths of Glastonbury Standish, Hilda CrosbyHilda Crosby Standish Stowe, Harriet BeecherHarriet Beecher Stowe Tantaquidgeon, GladysGladys Tantaquidgeon Tianti, BettyBetty Tianti Watson, Hannah BunceHannah Bunce Watson Woodhouse, Chase GoingChase Going Woodhouse

1995	Feeney, Helen M.Helen M. Feeney Hewins, Caroline MariaCaroline Maria Hewins Lopiano, DonnaDonna Lopiano Sanchez, Maria C.Maria C. Sanchez

1996	Gaines, Edythe J.Edythe J. Gaines L'Engle, MadeleineMadeleine L'Engle Langer, SusanneSusanne Langer

1997	Colt, Elizabeth Hart JarvisElizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Dillard, AnnieAnnie Dillard Rose, MargoMargo Rose Waring, Laura WheelerLaura Wheeler Waring

1998	Hoffleit, DorritDorrit Hoffleit Motley, Constance BakerConstance Baker Motley Ponselle, RosaRosa Ponselle

1999	Hamilton-Merritt, JaneJane Hamilton-Merritt Tucker, SophieSophie Tucker Uccello, AntoninaAntonina Uccello Wald, FlorenceFlorence Wald

2000–2009

2000	Barringer, Emily DunningEmily Dunning Barringer Baughns-Wallace, AdrianneAdrianne Baughns-Wallace Jenson, Mary GoodrichMary Goodrich Jenson

2001	Nyro, LauraLaura Nyro Roraback, CatherineCatherine Roraback Stewart, Maria MillerMaria Miller Stewart

2002	Griswold, FlorenceFlorence Griswold Kraus, EileenEileen Kraus Winter, Miriam ThereseMiriam Therese Winter

2003	Hillyer, Dotha BushnellDotha Bushnell Hillyer McLean, DollieDollie McLean

2005	Coolidge, MarthaMartha Coolidge Frankenthaler, Helen M.Helen M. Frankenthaler Russell, RosalindRosalind Russell

2006	Keller, HelenHelen Keller Seymour, Mary TownsendMary Townsend Seymour Stanback, AnneAnne Stanback

2007	Hammill, DorothyDorothy Hammill Joyce, JoanJoan Joyce Vare, Glenna CollettGlenna Collett Vare

2008	Cobb, Jewel PlummerJewel Plummer Cobb Goldman-Rakic, PatriciaPatricia Goldman-Rakic McClintock, BarbaraBarbara McClintock Steitz, JoanJoan Steitz

2009	Franklin, Martha MinervaMartha Minerva Franklin Mazure, Carolyn M.Carolyn M. Mazure Smits, Helen L.Helen L. Smits

2010–present

2010	Mulcahy, Anne M.Anne M. Mulcahy Parsons, MarthaMartha Parsons Wilderotter, MaggieMaggie Wilderotter

2011	Kelley, Isabelle M.Isabelle M. Kelley Nappier, Denise LynnDenise Lynn Nappier Wald, Patricia M.Patricia M. Wald

2012	Garrels, AnneAnne Garrels Leibovitz, AnnieAnnie Leibovitz Middleton, FaithFaith Middleton

2013	Rosa DeLauro Barbara Franklin Linda Lorimer Augusta Lewis Troup

2014	Beatrix Farrand Jennifer Lawton Marian Salzman

2015	Margaret Bourke-White Carolyn Miles Indra Nooyi

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