Mary Virginia Beck (, , 29 February 1908 - 30 January 2005) was a DetroitDemocratic Party politician, female activist and journalist from Pennsylvania, Detroit’s first female city council member. She was also the first Ukrainian-American of Lemko descent to serve in that capacity. In 1957 she was also elected as the president of the city council. As a member of the council, Mary served for two decades from 1950 to 1970. In 1958-62 she also served as an acting mayor of Detroit city. During that periodthe then-Mayor of Detroit (1957–1962), Louis Miriani , who was later involved in legal controversies.
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