What is Lila Cockrell?
'''Lila May Banks Cockrell''' (January 19, 1922 &ndash; August 29, 2019) was an American politician. She was Mayor of [[San Antonio, Texas]] from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1989 to 1991. During [[World War II]], she was in the [[WAVES]] branch of the [[United States Navy]]. She was President of the [[Dallas]] and San Antonio chapters of the [[League of Women Voters]] during the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lila Cockrell Records|url=http://www.sanantonio.gov/clerk/Archives/FindingAids%5Clila-cockrell-records-1977-1991%20dg.pdf|work=Municipal Archives and Records|publisher=City of San Antonio|access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> She was born in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Judith A. Leavitt |title=American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1985 |page=47 |isbn=9780313237485 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_uzzu36rgC&dq=Lila+Cockrell+1922&pg=PA47}}</ref> Cockrell died on August 29, 2019 in San Antonio at the age of 97.<ref>[https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Lila-Cockrell-first-woman-mayor-of-San-Antonio-14398999.php Lila Cockrell, first woman mayor of San Antonio, has died]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockrell, Lila}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of San Antonio]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Politicians from Fort Worth, Texas]] [[Category:Military people from Texas]] {{US-bio-stub}}