Barbara Ackermann
Barbara Ackermann | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1972–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Vellucci |
| Succeeded by | Walter Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
Barbara Ackermann is an American politician and activist who served on the Cambridge, Massachusetts School Committee from 1962 to 1967, the City Council from 1968 to 1977, and was Mayor from 1972 to 1973.[1][2]
Ackermann was an opponent of the Vietnam War and a supporter of Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential election.[3]
Ackermann was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1978. She finished behind Edward J. King and Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary with 6.72% to King's 51.07% and Dukakis' 42.20%.
References
- ^ "Veteran Cambridge Politicians to Hold Reunion Wednesday". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1980.
- ^ "Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. Lawrence Kestenbaum. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Robinson, Walter V. (March 31, 1978). "Ackermann of Cambridge is running for governor". The Boston Globe.
Categories:
- Massachusetts Democrats
- Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Women mayors of places in Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Massachusetts School Committee members
- Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council members
- Living people
- 20th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American women politicians
- Candidates in the 1978 United States elections