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from 1977 to 1981 and as the first chair of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board. She was the first Jewish woman to serve as Mayor of a major U.S. city. She was Dallas' first Jewish mayor and first female mayor; Annette Strauss would follow her in both categories. Harrison, a

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city councilwoman, succeeded

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as mayor when he resigned to run for the United States Congress. She served until the election of a new mayor,

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, at the end of the year. Harrison died on February 19, 2022, at the age of 98.

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