Ann Hitch Kilgore was an American politician. She was mayor of Hampton, Virginia

Hampton, Virginia

Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...

 1963–71 and 1974–78.

Personal life

Ann Kilgore was born in Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

 to Edward Ashby Hitch and Marietta Cato Hitch (who was a teacher and principal in Portsmouth). She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, the Norfolk Division of The College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

), and The College of William and Mary. She married Edwin Carroll Kilgore in 1944. They moved to Hampton, Virginia in 1946. They had two children, Ashby Caroline Kilgore and Elizabeth Kilgore. She was an English teacher at Alexander Park High School in Norfolk County and Hampton High School in Hampton Virginia.

Political life

Ann Kilgore was elected to the Hampton City Council in 1958 and served until she retired in 1980. She was the first woman to serve as the Mayor of Hampton and led the city as its mayor from 1963 to 1971, and again from 1974 to 1978.