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Jessie M. Rattley

Mayor of Newport News, Virginia
In office July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1990
Preceded by	Joseph C. Ritchie
Succeeded by	Barry E. DuVal

Personal details
Born	Jessie Menifield (1929-05-04)May 4, 1929 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	March 2, 2001(2001-03-02) (aged 71)
Alma mater	Hampton Institute
Occupation	teacher, politician
Website	http://www.nngov.com/

Jessie Menifield Rattley (May 4, 1929 – March 2, 2001) served as the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1986 to 1990, the first woman and first African-American to hold the mayorship.

Life and career

Jessie M. Rattley was born to the late Alonzo and Altona Menifield, on May 4, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended schools in and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1947, after which she entered Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, graduating with honors in 1951. That same year Mrs. Rattley began her teaching career at Huntington High School in Newport News, Virginia, where she established the business department.^[1]

On June 9, 1952, Mrs. Rattley founded the Peninsula Business College, which provided an opportunity for youth and adults to be trained for careers in business. In seeking employment opportunities for her students, she began her lifelong commitment to civil rights and political involvement.

Rattley obtained a degree from distance learning school La Salle Extension University.^[2]

She was the first African-American to be elected to the Newport News City Council in 1970. Her election was seen as a major turning point in the civil rights movement for residents in Newport News. Her presence on the City Council led to residents of the city's Southeast community (most of them African-American) seeing funding for their schools and city services increased. She was elected vice-mayor in 1976 and mayor in 1986, the first woman and first African-American to hold each of those offices. During her tenure as mayor, she received some criticism from residents due to her controversial plan to expand HUD and federally subsidized low-income housing into what was the more recently upscale sections of the city, such as Denbigh.

On August 9, 2005, the Newport News City Hall and the government buildings immediately surrounding it were rededicated the Jessie Menifield Rattley Municipal Center in her honor.

References

^ "Jessie M. Rattley". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ Doris Funnye Innis, Juliana Wu, Joyce Duren (1976). Profiles in Black: biographical sketches of 100 living Black unsung heroes. CORE Publications, ISBN 978-0-917354-01-4

Appearances on C-SPAN

Preceded by Joseph C. Ritchie	Mayor of Newport News 1986–1990	Succeeded by Barry E. DuVal

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2000–2009

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2002	Rebecca Adamson Janie Porter Barrett Patsy Cline Hannah Lee Corbin Christine Darden Lillian Ward McDaniel Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Jessie M. Rattley
2003	Nancy Astor Pearl Bailey Anna Whitehead Bodeker Mary Ann Elliott Annabelle Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins Frances Benjamin Johnston Anne Dobie Peebles Annie Bannister Spencer
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2006	Kate Waller Barrett Marie Majella Berg John-Geline MacDonald Bowman Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Grace Hopper Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan G. Anne Richardson Mary Virginia Terhune
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2010–2019

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