Мәрғирет Коррадини: Salt Lake City-дің тұңғыш әйел мэрі және Олимпиада жолындағы еңбегі

American politician

Margaret "Deedee" McMullen Corradini (April 11, 1944 – March 1, 2015) was an American businesswoman and politician who served as the 32nd mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1992 to 2000. Corradini was the first woman to serve as mayor of Salt Lake City. Corradini, at the time of her death Senior Vice President for Prudential Utah Real Estate, was also the President of Women's Ski Jumping USA. She was on the WSJ USA board, and served as president for three years, taking a lead role in the battle to get women's ski jumping into the Olympic Winter Games.

Corradini was born Margaret Louise McMullen (although Deedee was a childhood nickname) Corradini attended school in Lebanon and Syria for 11 years as a child. She attended Drew University from 1961 to 1963. She received a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and a Master's degree in 1967, both in Psychology from the University of Utah. She served as Press Secretary to Congressman Wayne Owens of Utah and then Rep. Richard Ottinger of New York in the early 1970s. Although Utah leans strongly toward the Republican party, Corradini was a Democrat. This is not unusual for Salt Lake City, which tends to vote Democratic far more than other regions of Utah. Corradini was fluent in French and Arabic. However, the conversion of this block into a church plaza was one of the 14 major projects put forth by the city in its 1962 Second Century Plan. The 1962 plan stated: "It is proposed that Main Street between the two church blocks either be closed to vehicular traffic or an underpass installed. This would strongly unify these two blocks as a visual anchor on the north end."

Corradini's efforts gave Utah the initial shove that landed the state the 2002 Winter Olympics. Corradini crisscrossed the globe meeting with International Olympic Committee members for Salt Lake City's 2002 bid. She lobbied the Utah Legislature for a voter approved sales tax hike to build winter sports facilities to help lure the Winter Games.