Antonina Uccello

Antonina P. Uccello (pronounced [utˈtʃɛllo] ⓘ in Italian, and /juˈsɛloʊ/ in English) (May 19, 1922 – March 14, 2023), was a second generation, Italian-American politician who was Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1967 to 1971.

Uccello was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 19, 1922, to parents who had emigrated from the town of Canicattini Bagni, Sicily.

Since the council met on Mondays, a day the department store was closed, her boss gave her permission to run.

[5] She was re-elected as mayor in 1969, and was subsequently asked by President Richard Nixon to go to Washington D.C. to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she subsequently worked during the successive administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

[7][3] In 1971 Uccello was knighted Cavaliere della Repubblica by the Italian ambassador in the USA.

Sign for street named in honor of Ann Uccello, Canicattini Bagni, Italy, July 4, 2016