Alice Burke
Alice Burke may refer to: * Alice Burke (politician) * Alice Burke (footballer) Alice Burke (born 3 October 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for St Kilda in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Burke's father, Nathan Burke, played over 300 games for in the Australian Football League competition, and is the curren ...

Alice Burke (politician)
Alice Driscoll Burke (June 19, 1892 - May 14, 1974) was an American politician who was the mayor of Westfield, Massachusetts, from 1940 to 1943, 1954 to 1955, and 1958 to 1959. She was the first woman mayor in Massachusetts and New England. Early life Burke was born in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. She graduated from Northbridge High School and Fitchburg Normal School. She was a teacher in Hampden County, Massachusetts for 20 years before entering politics. Political career In 1933, the Westfield School Committee adopted a policy of employing only unmarried female teachers and fired Burke from her job as a sixth-grade teacher. That fall she was elected to the Westfield School Committee by four votes. In 1935 she was a finalist for Mayor of Westfield, but was ruled ineligible because of an ordinance preventing individuals who were receiving a salary from the city from running for Mayor (Burke was paid as a member of the school committee). She was eligible to run in 1937, but lost ...
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