Editing Annette Strauss (section)

{{short description|American politician from Texas}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Annette Strauss
|image         = File:Annette_Greenfield_Strauss_(1924-1998),_55th_Mayor_of_Dallas,_Texas.jpg
|office        = 54th [[Mayor of Dallas]]
|term_start    = May 4, 1987
|term_end      = December 2, 1991<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dallascityhall.com/government/citysecretary/archives/Pages/Archives_1992-028.aspx|title=Inaugural Speech of Mayor Steve Bartlett and Farewell Address of Mayor Annette Strauss, 1991|access-date=December 30, 2023|website=dallascityhall.com}}</ref>
|predecessor   = [[Starke Taylor]]
|successor     = [[Steve Bartlett]]
|birth_name    = Annette Louise Greenfield
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1924|01|26}}
|birth_place   = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1998|12|14|1924|1|26}}
|resting_place = [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]]
|alma_mater    = [[University of Texas at Austin]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.utexas.edu/2010/09/20/annette-strauss-institute-for-civic-participation-marks-a-decade-of-creating-more-voters-better-citizens/|title=Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation Marks a Decade of Creating More Voters, Better Citizens|date=September 20, 2010|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=UT News}}</ref><br />[[Columbia University]]
|spouse        = Ted Strauss
|relations     = [[Robert S. Strauss]] (brother-in-law)
}}

'''Annette Louise Greenfield Strauss''' (January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the 54th mayor of [[Dallas]]. The [[Annette Strauss Artist Square]] in the [[Arts District, Dallas, Texas|Arts District]] of [[downtown Dallas]], [[Texas]] is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second [[Jew]]ish mayor of Dallas ([[Adlene Harrison]] was first; [[Laura Miller (politician)|Laura Miller]] was the third).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306119,00.html |title=Romney Falling Victim to Voters' Religious Discrimination {{pipe}} Fox News |website=[[Fox News]] |access-date=2009-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403055011/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306119,00.html |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also the first woman elected to the post in her own right; Harrison served as a caretaker for the last months of [[Wes Wise]]'s term after Wise resigned to run for Congress.