| 词条 | Joan Specter |
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| name = Joan Specter | image = | imagesize = | caption = | office = Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the At-Large District | term_start = January 7, 1980 | term_end = January 8, 1996 | predecessor = Ethel D. Allen | successor = Frank Rizzo, Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|1|1}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican (while in office) | spouse = Arlen Specter (1953-2012, his death) | residence = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | children = Shanin and Steve | alma_mater = Southern Connecticut College Drexel University | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }} Joan L. Specter (born January 1, 1934) is an American businesswoman and politician. She is a former member of the Philadelphia City Council, and the widow of former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter. Professional careerSpecter holds a BA from Southern Connecticut College and an MA in food and design from Drexel University. Upon her graduation from Drexel, she founded several cooking schools in the Philadelphia-area.[1] In the 1970s, she hosted a consumer advice and food-related program on a local radio station, and wrote a weekly column for the Philadelphia Bulletin. Specter also began selling her pies to local restaurants. Eventually, the business grew into a wholesale distribution company which operated in several dozen states. Specter's pies were billed as "America's first gourmet frozen pies which require no baking, decorating or special preparations".[2] Political careerShe left the business world in 1979, when she was elected to one of the two allotted minority Republican Party at-large seats on the Philadelphia City Council. She was re-elected three more times, though she finished third in the 1991 primary, behind her colleague on Council, W. Thacher Longstreth and Joseph Egan, Jr. However, prior to the general election, former Democratic Mayor Frank Rizzo, who had switched to the Republican Party and was its nominee in that year's Mayoral election, died. Egan was subsequently selected to take Rizzo's spot on the ballot (and lost to former District Attorney Ed Rendell), and Longstreth and Specter were both re-elected.[1] In 1995, she and Longstreth were challenged by two high-profile Republicans–Rizzo's son, Frank Jr. and former Congressman Charles Dougherty.[3] While Longstreth survived the challenge, Specter lost her seat to Rizzo, and she left City Council the following January.[4] Personal lifeSpecter was married to her husband, Arlen, from 1956 until his death in 2012. The couple has two sons, Shanin and Steve, and four grandchildren, Silvi, Perri, Lilli, and Hatti. Joan currently resides in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. References1. ^1 {{cite news|last=Marder|first=Dianna|title=Joan Specter Stirring For Battle For 5th Term|url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-10-16/news/25695433_1_joan-specter-specter-questions-cooking-school|accessdate=February 16, 2012|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 16, 1995}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Specter, Joan L.}}2. ^{{cite news|last=Stoneback|first=Diane|title=Upper Crust Joan Specter's Gourmet Pies Are A Slice Of The Rich Life Food|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1986-11-12/features/2551260_1_mousse-senator-specter-gourmet-pies|accessdate=February 16, 2012|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=November 12, 1986}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Joan Specter's Tough Race|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/29/us/joan-specter-s-tough-race.html|accessdate=February 16, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 29, 1995}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Specter, Joan L.|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=175020|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=February 16, 2012}} 9 : Living people|Philadelphia City Council members|Spouses of United States Senators|Women in Pennsylvania politics|Southern Connecticut State University alumni|Drexel University alumni|1934 births|Pennsylvania Republicans|Women city councillors in the United States |
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