[ noun ] a woman who is a council member <noun.person>
"They acted like they owned the land," says Margaret Hillriegel, a former Freemont, N.Y., councilwoman.
Barbara Rose Collins, a Democratic Detroit councilwoman who is considered a shoo-in over Carl Edwards to succeed outgoing Rep. George Crockett.
Mrs. Masloff says bringing cable television to the city was her greatest achievement as a councilwoman.
In February, a Hispanic city councilwoman became the first minority elected to the board, representing a district in east Los Angeles.
In the race for the city's non-voting House seat, former Carter administration official Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated veteran city councilwoman Betty Ann Kane.
"The average ethnic man doesn't believe that women have anything on the ball," says Mrs. Masloff, 70, a Democratic loyalist for 50 years and a councilwoman for 12. "Now they're all watching me.