Sharon Ambrose | |
Office: | Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 6 |
Term Start: | January 2, 1997 |
Term End: | January 2, 2007 |
Predecessor: | Harold Brazil |
Successor: | Tommy Wells |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1939 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 4 |
Alma Mater: | Saint Xavier University |
Profession: | Politician, teacher |
Sharon Ambrose (September 3, 1939 – April 1, 2017) was an American politician and teacher from Washington, D.C., who served as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 1997 to 2007, representing Ward 6 as a Democrat.
Ambrose was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 3, 1939. She graduated from Saint Xavier University.[1]
Ambrose served on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1997 to 2007, representing Ward 6 as a Democrat. She retired after two terms to focus on an illness, which had been misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis.
Following her retirement, Ambrose helped with the mayoral campaign of David Catania, as well as the campaign for an at-large council seat by David Grosso, a former staff person.
Ambrose was married and had four children. She died on April 1, 2017, at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 77.[2]