Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | |
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| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 44th district | |
| In office January 14, 2015 – December 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Verna L. Jones |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Sydnor III |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 10th district | |
| In office January 11, 1995 – January 14, 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1939 Trelawny, Jamaica |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Divorced |
| Children | three children; five grandchildren |
| Education | Mico School, Kingston, Jamaica; Naburn and Bootham Park Hospitals School of Nursing, Yorkshire, England, 1960; Baltimore City Hospital School of Practical Nursing, L.P.N., 1962 |
| Alma mater | Baltimore Community College, A.A. (nursing), 1975; University of Maryland at Baltimore, B.S. (nursing), 1980; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A.S. (administrative science), 1987 |
| Profession | Registered nurse, Faculty Associate, The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 1997-2000 |
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (born May 20, 1939) is a former American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first African-Caribbean woman to be elected to the Maryland General Assembly.[1] Pulliam resigned in 2019 due to poor health.