Karen B. Johnson Explained

Karen Johnson
Office:	Mayor of Schenectady, New York
Term Start:	1983
Term End:	1991
Predecessor:	Frank Duci
Successor:	Frank Duci
Birth Name:	Karen Brown
Birth Date:	12 May 1942
Birth Place:	Buffalo, New York
Children:	Two
Alma Mater:	Radcliffe College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Karen B. Johnson (May 12, 1942 – June 10, 2019) was an American politician and activist who served as the mayor of Schenectady, New York, from 1983 to 1991. Johnson became the first woman to be elected to the Schenectady City Council in 1975 and the first female Mayor of Schenectady in 1983.^[1] ^[2] She remains the first and only woman ever to serve as Schenectady's mayor in history.^[3] ^[4]

Notes and References

News: Dave . Lucas . Schenectady Remembers Karen Johnson, Its First Female Mayor . . 2019-06-11 . 2020-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191129121406/https://www.wamc.org/post/schenectady-remembers-karen-johnson-its-first-female-mayor . 2019-11-29 . live.
News: Jesse . King . Karen Johnson Remembered By Schenectady County Public Library . . 2019-09-09 . 2020-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191130081805/https://www.wamc.org/post/karen-johnson-remembered-schenectady-county-public-library . 2019-11-30 . live.
News: Paul . Nelson . Former Schenectady Mayor Karen Johnson dies . . 2019-06-10 . 2020-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190611130842/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Former-Schenectady-Mayor-Karen-Johnson-dies-13965148.php . 2019-06-11 . live.
News: Stephen . Williams . Former Schenectady mayor Karen Johnson dies at 77 . . 2019-06-10 . 2020-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704110118/https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/06/10/former-schenectady-mayor-karen-johnson-has-died . 2019-07-04 . live.