Ann J. Land

Ann J. Chambers Land (March 12, 1932 – March 9, 2010) was a member of the Philadelphia City Council and a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life
Land was a native of North Philadelphia, where she attended John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School. After graduating from high school in 1950, she was an office worker, and later became a librarian at the Pennsylvania Senate.

Political involvement
She was an active campaigner for John F. Kennedy, and later became a member of the Philadelphia's Democratic Committee. In the late 1970s, she was elected leader of the 38th Ward.

City council
In 1980, she won a special election to the Philadelphia City Council, after incumbent George Schwartz resigned in the wake of the Abscam scandal. She was re-elected 1983, and in 1987, she won a second full-term by defeating challenger Michael Nutter.

Defeat and later life
In 1991, Nutter again challenged Land, and this time was successful. Nutter would go on to wage a successful campaign for Mayor in 2007.

After her defeat, Land was a community-relations specialist with Philadelphia Gas Works.

Personal life
Land married her husband, John, in 1954. He was a beverage distributor with a business in West Philadelphia. The couple had five children.

She died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in March 2010 at her home in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.