Washington Area Women's Foundation

Women's History Month Q&A – March 19, 2013

sharon prattQ: Who was the 3rd mayor of DC and the 1st African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city?

A: Sharon Pratt was the third mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995. She was the first black woman to serve as mayor of a major American city. She is also to date the only woman to have served as mayor of Washington D.C.