Died March 9, 2010 Spouse John Land | Name Ann Land Resigned January 7, 1992 | |
Profession Politician, Librarian, Community-relations Specialist | ||
Ann J. Chambers Land was a member of the Philadelphia City Council and a member of the Democratic Party.
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Early life
Land was a native North Philadelphia, where she attended John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School. After graduating from High School in 1950, she was an office worker, and later became a librarian for the Pennsylvania Senate.
Political involvement
She was an active campaigner for John F. Kennedy, and later became a member of the Philadelphia's Democratic Committee. In the late 1970s, she was elected leader of the 38th Ward.
City council
In 1980, she won a special election to the Philadelphia City Council, after incumbent George Schwartz resigned in the wake of the Abscam scandal. She was re-elected 1983, and in 1987, she won a second full-term by defeating challenger Michael Nutter.
Defeat and later life
In 1991, Nutter again challenged Land, and this time was successful. Nutter would go on to wage a successful campaign for Mayor in 2007.
After her defeat, Land was a community-relations specialist with Philadelphia Gas Works.
Personal life
Land married her husband, John, in 1954. He was a beverage distributor with a business in West Philadelphia. The couple had five children.
She died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in March 2010 at her home in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.