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FARRELL, Carolyn
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FARRELL, Carolyn Kathlene (Sister). (Des Moines, IA-- ). MAYOR. Farrell was the first nun to be elected to the Dubuque City Council. In 1980 she was appointed mayor of Dubuque. Farrell served as a member of the Dubuque Civil Service Commission, Governor's Task Force for Iowa 2000, and as a board member of the Dubuque Child Care Center, Dubuque Fine Arts Society, and the League of Iowa Municipalities.