Shirley Cooper

Shirley Cooper
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 96th district
In office
January 12, 1983  January 14, 1998
Preceded byThomas E. Glascock
Succeeded byJo Ann Davis
Personal details
Born
Shirley Dawn Fields

(1943-12-08) December 8, 1943
Southern Pines, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNed Waddell Cooper
Alma materChristopher Newport College
Old Dominion University

Shirley Fields Cooper (born December 8, 1943) is a former teacher and Democratic politician. First elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1982 after serving on the York County Board of Supervisors, she remained in the chamber for seven full terms before being defeated for reelection by real estate broker Jo Ann Davis in 1997.