Barbara Ackermann
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
1972–1973
Preceded byAlfred Vellucci
Succeeded byWalter Sullivan
Personal details
Born
Barbara Hulley

(1925-03-01)March 1, 1925
Stockholm, Sweden
DiedJuly 4, 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 95)
Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePaul Kurt Ackermann (1946–2011; death)[1]
Alma materSmith College

Barbara Ackermann (1925-2020) was 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.[2][3]

She was born Barbara Hulley in 1925 in Stockholm, where her father, Benjamin M. Hulley, a career foreign service officer, was then stationed. She lived her childhood in France and Ireland until briefly returning to the US in 1941.[4]

Ackermann was an opponent of the Vietnam War and a supporter of Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential election.[5]

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%.

Barbara Ackermann died on July 4, 2020, in Lenox, Massachusetts, at the age of 95.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Ackermann". Legacy.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Veteran Cambridge Politicians to Hold Reunion Wednesday". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1980.
  3. ^ "Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. Lawrence Kestenbaum. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Barbara Ackerman". Berkshire Eagle. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Robinson, Walter V. (March 31, 1978). "Ackermann of Cambridge is running for governor". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ "Barbara Ackermann Obituary (1925 - 2020) The Cambridge Chronicle". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
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