Isabella Cannon
Politician
1904 – 2002
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Who was Isabella Cannon?
Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon was the first female mayor of a capital city in the United States. At the age of 73, she defeated the incumbent Mayor of Raleigh, Jyles Coggins, during the election of 1977. Known as “the little old lady in tennis shoes,” she served one term as mayor of Raleigh until 1979. Isabella Cannon died at the age of 97 on February 13, 2002.
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- Born
- May 12, 1904
Dunfermline - Education
- Elon University
- Died
- Feb 13, 2002
Raleigh
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on July 23, 2013
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