Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1950

Place of Birth: Onancock, Virginia, United States

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (born June 15, 1950) is an American politician who served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1995.
Bohannan-Sheppard was the first Democrat to be elected mayor of Chester in almost a century and the second female African-American mayor of Chester.
Bohannan-Sheppard became mayor at a moment when Chester was failing economically, recovering from corruption in city government and experiencing racial strife and a high crime rate.
She was a proponent for environmental justice for the residents of Chester but created a major controversy by hiring a man as her administrative assistant who had been convicted and served several years in prison for rape and murder.