Sayles Belton, Sharon, 1951-
Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) is an American community leader, politician and activist. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she served as the 45th Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota- the first African American and first woman to hold that position- from 1994 to 2001.
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota asnd raised in Richfield, Minnesota and Minneapolis, she graduated from Central High School before earning a B.S. degree from Macalester College and starting work as a parole officer for sexual assault offenders. Her work prompted her to call for tougher penalties for sexual predators. In 1978 Belton co-founded the Harriet Tubman Shelter for Battered Women in Minneapolis. She also got involved in community crime prevention programs and worked to reduce community-police tensions. In 1983, Sayles Belton was elected by the Eighth Ward to the Minneapolis City Council. She represented the state at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, where Minnesota politician Walter Mondale was nominated for President of the United States. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Sayles Belton was elected city council president in 1990.
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