Charlene Drew Jarvis (born July 31, 1941, in

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until March 31, 2009. Jarvis is the daughter of the

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Life

Jarvis earned her

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degree from

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in 1962, a

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degree in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...

in 1964, and a

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degree in

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from the

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, in 1971. Ward 4's representative to the

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, Arrington Dixon, won the election for chairman of the council in November 1978, leaving the Ward 4 seat vacant. Jarvis won the special election to fill the seat on May 1, 1979. She was then reelected to the council in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996. Jarvis sought reelection again in 2000, but she was defeated in the Democratic primary by

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who also holds degrees from Oberlin and Howard University.Ward 4 Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
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on April 9, 2008.

Electoral history

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References

External links

*
Charlene Drew Jarvis Papers Finding Aid
. ''Libraries at George Washington University''. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Charlene Drew 1941 births 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians African-American educators African-American people in Washington, D.C., politics African-American psychologists African-American women in politics American women neuroscientists American neuroscientists American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists Presidents of Southeastern University (Washington, D.C.) Howard University alumni Living people Members of the Council of the District of Columbia Oberlin College alumni University of Maryland, College Park alumni Washington, D.C., Democrats Women city councillors in the District of Columbia Women heads of universities and colleges African-American city council members 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century American psychologists