Uccello, Ann, 1922-

Antonina "Ann" P. Uccello (born May 19, 1922) is an American business executive and politician. Elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut in 1967, ahe was the first female mayor in Connecticut.

Born and raised in Hartford, she graduated with honors from both Weavers High School and St. Joseph College. Her interest in politics led her to pursue graduate work in American government at Trinity College and at the University of Connecticut Law School. Uccello taught high school history before entering the business world. Uccello was an executive at the Hartford department store G. Fox & Co. when she approached her boss in 1963 and said she would like to run for Hartford city council. Since the council met on Mondays, a day the department store was closed, her boss gave her permission to run. She served two terms on the council before being elected mayor in 1967. She ran as a Republican in a mainly Democratic Party city, and remains the city's last Republican mayor to date. She was re-elected as mayor in 1969, and was subsequently asked by President Richard Nixon to go to Washington to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she later also worked during the successive administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

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