Mary Pat is one of the main reasons that my wife, Karen, and I moved to Baltimore. We are both from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. We planned on going back home after graduation from the University of Maryland School of Social Work.

Known as a fierce tenants' rights advocate and the first woman elected to serve as president of City Council, Mary Pat Clarke died on Sunday, November 10, according to sources close to her.

Saturday morning the community will gather to remember former Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.

The first woman elected to serve as president of the Baltimore City Council, Mary Pat Clarke, died Sunday morning. She was 83. Clarke, a Democrat, was elected to the council in 1975 from District 2, when the city had six districts with three council members each.

Mary Pat Clarke, the first woman to serve as City Council President, died Sunday, Nov. 10, according to The Banner​.

Family, friends and Baltimore residents gathered Saturday morning to remember the life of Mary Pat Clarke. Clarke died at the age of 83. She was first elected to represent the 2nd District from 1975-83 before her election as the council's first female president from 1987-95.