Barbara C. Pringle

{{Short description|American politician (1939–2024)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Barbara Pringle

| image name=

| state_house=Ohio

| state=Ohio

| district=13th

| term=November 18, 1982 – December 31, 2000

| preceded=Benny Bonanno

| succeeded=Mary Rose Oakar

| party=Democrat

| birth_date={{birth date|1939|04|04}}

| birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date={{death date and age|2024|09|16|1939|04|04}}

| death_place=Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|}}

Barbara Carroll Pringle (née Terlesky, April 4, 1939 – September 16, 2024) was an American politician who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.{{cite book|title=Who's Who of American Women, 1991-1992|author=Who, I.M.W.|date=1991|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=9780837904177|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5BqkgBOiGoC|accessdate=2015-01-31}} She initially won a term in 1982, and went on to serve until 2000, when she was term limited. She is best remembered for being a key player in the DeRolph education funding debates in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.loislaw.com/ogpc/login.htp?WSRet=12&dockey=11300222@OHCASE&OLDURL=/gpc/index.htp&OLDREFURL=http://www.google.com/url%3Fsa%3Dt%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D65%26ved%3D0CKkCEM8BMEA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.loislaw.com%252Fgpc%252Findex.htp%253Fdockey%253D11300222%2540OHCASE%26rct%3Dj%26q%3DBarbara%2520C.%2520Pringle%26ei%3Di-BBTdy2H4nbgQeXid2PAg%26usg%3DAFQjCNFjLsM2gc9V50X3nVJzu_P5MzLxzQ |title=Primary Law - State & Federal Case Law and more at Loislaw | State v. DeRolph |publisher=loislaw.com|accessdate=2015-01-31}} Pringle died in Cleveland on September 16, 2024, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=Barbara C. Pringle |url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/barbara-pringle-obituary?id=56334262 |website=Legacy |access-date=23 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=Barbara C. Pringle |url=https://www.buschcares.com/obituaries/Barbara-C-Pringle?obId=33110988 |website=Busch |access-date=23 September 2024}}