Augusta Clark
Augusta "Gussie" Clark (March 5, 1932 – October 13, 2013) was an American librarian, lawyer and politician. Clark was elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1979, becoming the second African-American woman to serve on the city council. (Ethel D. Allen, who served on the council from 1972 to 1979, was Philadelphia's first African-American councilwoman.) Clark served on the Philadelphia City Council from 1980 until her retirement in 2000.
Augusta Clark | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the At-Large District | |
| In office 1980–2000 | |
| Preceded by | ? |
| Succeeded by | Blondell Reynolds Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1932 Uniontown, Alabama |
| Died | October 13, 2013 (aged 81) Wynnewood, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Temple University Drexel University West Virginia State College |
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