Hazel Fain Beard (born 1930) is the first woman and the first Republican to have served as mayor of Shreveport Louisiana since the era of Reconstruction. A fiscal conservative Mrs. Beard grappled with many economic and social problems during her single term as mayor from 1990 to 1994.Prior to her mayoralty service Beard was a small business owner and a member of the Shreveport City Council from the southwest portion of the city.
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