Sharon Ambrose (September 3, 1939 – April 3, 2017) was an American politician and teacher from

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Born in

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, Ambrose graduated from

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in Chicago. She was a Democratic member of the

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, representing Ward 6, from 1997 to 2007. She retired from the DC Council after two terms to focus on her illness, which had been misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis. After retiring, she helped with the mayoral campaign of

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and the campaign for an at-large council seat by

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, a former staff person. She died on April 4, 2017 at

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in Washington, D.C.

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