Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 1944-
Sharon Pratt (born January 30, 1944), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon and Sharon Pratt Kelly, is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she notably served as the third mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995, the first African-American woman in that position.
Born in Washington, D.C., she attended public schools there, ultimately graduating from Roosevelt High School before earning B.A. and J.D. degrees from Howard University. After graduating, Pratt served as in-house counsel for the Joint Center for Political Studies from 1970 to 1971 and worked as an associate in her father’s law firm, Pratt and Queen. In 1972, she was named a Professor of Law at the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C., a post she held for four years. In 1976, Dixon began working for Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), the utility company for the Washington, D.C. area. Eventually becoming Vice President of Public Policy, Pratt was both the first woman and the first African American to hold this position.
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