Augusta Clark | |
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Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the At-Large District | |
In office 1980–2000 | |
Preceded by | ? |
Succeeded by | Blondell Reynolds Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | March 5, 1932 Uniontown, Alabama |
Died | October 13, 2013 Wynnewood, Pennsylvania | (aged 81)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Temple University Drexel University West Virginia State College |
Augusta "Gussie" Clark (March 5, 1932 – October 13, 2013) was an American librarian, lawyer and politician. Clark was elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1979, becoming the second African-American woman to serve on the city council.[1][2] (Ethel D. Allen, who served on the council from 1972 to 1979, was Philadelphia's first African-American councilwoman.) [3] Clark served on the Philadelphia City Council from 1980 until her retirement in 2000.[1]