Brenda Frazier | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Allegheny County Council from the 13th District | |
| In office 2001 – February 11, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Foerster |
| Succeeded by | Amanda Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 (age 82–83) Shelby, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Andrew Frazier
(m. 1969; died 2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
Brenda L. Strong Frazier (born 1941) is an American politician and activist. Born in Shelby, North Carolina, Frazier and her family moved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1943. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and began working as an elementary school teacher in Pittsburgh. She joined the First Pittsburgh chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1975 and helped to found the East End chapter of the organization, which required the election of two presidents: one white and one Black. She served as chair of NOW's national minority women's committee.
Frazier was elected to the Allegheny County Council for District 13 in 2001 as a Democrat. She founded and chaired the Allegheny County Black Elected Officials organization. She was re-elected in 2004 and 2008, although she resigned her position on February 11, 2008, to run for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She lost the Democratic primary to Dom Costa. Following the unsuccessful election, she joined the Pennsylvania Democratic Committee and founded the organization's Black caucus.