Alderwomen on Savannah City Council
View our Amazing Savannah Women mini-exhibit featuring many of the women below.
Elected by City Council:
- Sarah Berrien Casey Morgan
Elected by the Voters:
- Dr. Harris K. Lentini
- November 2, 1978-October 4, 1982 (6th District)
- First alderwoman elected directly by the voters
- First alderwoman to represent the 6th District
- For more information on Dr. Lentini: Amazing Savannah Women mini-bio
- Elizabeth M. Sheehan
- October 6, 1986-January 2, 1992 (4th District)
- January 2, 1992-December 31, 1995 (4th District)
- First alderwoman to represent the 4th District
- Susan S. Weiner
- Gwendolyn P. Goodman
- January 2, 1992-December 31, 1995 (2nd District)
- January 2, 1996-December 31, 1999 (2nd District)
- January 2, 2000-December 31, 2003 (2nd District)
- First alderwoman to represent the 2nd District
- Judith L. Ross
- January 2, 1992-December 31, 1995 (6th District)
- Courtney Sprague Flexon
- January 2, 1996-December 31, 1999 (4th District)
- January 2, 2000-December 31, 2003 (4th District)
- Edna Branch Jackson
- January 2, 2000-December 31, 2003 (At Large Post 1)
- January 2, 2004-December 31, 2007 (At Large Post 1; Mayor Pro Tempore)
- January 2, 2008-December 31, 2011 (At Large Post 1; Mayor Pro Tempore)
- January 2, 2012-December 31, 2015 (Mayor)
- First alderwoman to represent the City in an At Large City Council position
- First alderwoman to be elected by City Council to the Mayor Pro Tempore leadership position
- First African American female Mayor
- Mary Osborne
- January 2, 2004-December 31, 2007 (2nd District)
- January 2, 2008-December 31, 2011 (2nd District)
- January 2, 2012-December 31, 2015 (2nd District)
- Mary Ellen Sprague
- January 2, 2008-December 31, 2011 (4th District)
- January 2, 2012-December 31, 2015 (4th District)
- Carolyn H. Bell
- January 2, 2012-December 31, 2015 (At Large Post 1)
- January 2, 2016-December 31, 2019 (At Large Post 1)
- Former City employee; became first female, African American City administrator when promoted to Central Services Director in 1978
- Dr. Estella Edwards Shabazz
- January 2, 2012-December 31, 2015 (5th District)
- January 2, 2016-December 31, 2019 (5th District)
- January 2, 2020-December 31, 2023 (5th District; Mayor Pro Tempore)
- First alderwoman to represent the 5th District
- Former City employee; first African American female Civil Engineer in the Engineering Department)
- For more information on Dr. Shabazz: resume; short bio; Amazing Savannah Women survey response
- Kesha Gibson-Carter
- January 2, 2020-December 31, 2023 (At Large Post 1; Chair of Council)
- First alderwoman to be elected by City Council to the Chair of Council leadership position
- Alicia Miller Blakely
- January 2, 2020-December 31, 2023 (At Large Post 2)
- Bernetta B. Lanier
- Linda Wilder-Bryan
- January 2, 2020-December 31, 2023 (3rd District)
- First alderwoman to represent the 3rd District