What is Sharon Pratt?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sharon Pratt |image = Sharon Pratt Kelly.jpg |office = 3rd [[Mayor of the District of Columbia]] |term_start = January 2, 1991 |term_end = January 2, 1995 |predecessor = [[Marion Barry]] |successor = [[Marion Barry]] |office1 = Treasurer of the [[Democratic National Committee]] |term_start1 = February 2, 1985 |term_end1 = February 10, 1989 |predecessor1 = [[Paul G. Kirk|Paul Kirk]] |successor1 = Robert Farmer |birth_name = Sharon Pratt |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|1|30}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = [[Arrington Dixon]] {{small|(1967–1982)}}<br>James Kelly {{small|(1991–1999)}} |children = 2 |education = [[Howard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |website = {{url|prattconsulting.com|Official website}} |footnotes = }} '''Sharon Pratt''' (born January 30, 1944), formerly '''Sharon Pratt Dixon''' and '''Sharon Pratt Kelly''', is an American attorney and politician. She was the third [[Mayor of the District of Columbia]] from 1991 to 1995. Pratt was the first [[African American]] woman to serve as mayor of a major American city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/22/us/capital-mayor-now-faces-voters-uneasy-with-her.html|title=Capital Mayor Now Faces Voters Uneasy With Her|date=March 22, 1994|work=The New York Times|last=DE WITT|first=KAREN}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Sharon}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mayors of Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:African-American politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}