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Sheila Doyle Russell (September 29, 1935 – December 12, 2022) was an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was a 14-year member of the Cambridge City Council. She retired in 1999. Russell and fellow mayor and councilman Francis Duehay were called “basically … the heart and soul” of the City Council. Her husband was himself former Cambridge mayor Leonard J. Russell.

The West Cambridge Youth Center at 680 Huron Avenue in Cambridge is named after her as the "Mayor Sheila Doyle Russell Youth and Community Center."

References

1. Hawkins, Kyle D. (May 3, 1999). "Sheila Russell To Leave City Council Position". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
2. "'It's My Turn'". The Harvard Crimson. March 4, 1996. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
3. Levy, Marc (November 21, 2020). "Former mayor Duehay passes; compromiser served 36 years in Cambridge political roles". Cambridge Day. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
4. "'Sheila Russell, former mayor of Cambridge, dies at 87'". Boston Globe. December 20, 2022.
5. "'Russell Youth Center'". City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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