What is Adlene Harrison?
{{Infobox officeholder | | image= | order= | office=51st [[Mayor of Dallas]] | term=1976 | predecessor=[[Wes Wise]] | successor=[[Robert Folsom]] | birth_date={{birth date|1923|11|19}} | birth_place=[[Dallas, Texas]], U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|2022|2|19|1923|11|19}} | death_place=Dallas, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater= | profession= | residence= | spouse= | religion= | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} '''Adlene Harrison''' (November 19, 1923 &ndash; February 19, 2022) was an American politician. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://texaslegacy.org/narrator/adlene-harrison/|title=Adlene Harrison|website=Texas Legacy|language=en|access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref>She was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. Harrison was acting [[Mayor of Dallas|Mayor]] of [[Dallas]] in 1976. She was the city's first Jewish mayor, and its first female mayor. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/11/21/dallas-first-female-mayor-is-as-ornery-as-ever-even-at-age-95/|title=Dallas’ first female mayor is as ornery as ever — even at age 95|date=2018-11-21|website=Dallas News|language=en|access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref> == Career == Harrison, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] city councilwoman since 1973, replaced [[Wes Wise]] as mayor when he resigned to run for the [[United States Congress]]. She served until the election of a new mayor, [[Robert Folsom]], at the end of the year. Harrison died on February 19, 2022 in Dallas at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adlene Harrison, first woman to serve as Dallas mayor, dies at 98 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/obituaries/2022/02/19/adlene-harrison-first-woman-to-serve-as-dallas-mayor-dies-at-98/ |access-date=20 February 2022 |publisher=The Dallas Morning News |date=19 February 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Adlene}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Jewish American politicians]] [[Category:Jewish politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Dallas]] [[Category:Democratic Pa