Lila Cockrell

Lila May Banks Cockrell (January 19, 1922 – August 29, 2019) was an American politician. She was Mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1989 to 1991. During World War II, she was in the WAVES branch of the United States Navy. She was President of the Dallas and San Antonio chapters of the League of Women Voters during the 1950s.[1] She was born in Fort Worth, Texas.[2]

Cockrell died on August 29, 2019 in San Antonio at the age of 97.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Lila Cockrell Records" (PDF). Municipal Archives and Records. City of San Antonio. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ Judith A. Leavitt (1985). American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 47. ISBN 9780313237485.
  3. ↑ Lila Cockrell, first woman mayor of San Antonio, has died