Jane Byrne
#JaneByrne was elected mayor of #Chicago #OnThisDay in 1979, becoming the first woman to lead any major US city but also proving that electing a woman to head any government is no guarantee of #feminist or #progressive government or governance; Byrne was neither...
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Jane Byrne
Jane Byrne
#JaneByrne was born #OnThisDay in 1933, becoming the first woman elected mayor of a major US city in 1979; but she was an anti-progressive machine Democrat who largely continued the anti-progressive policies of her mentor, Richard J. Daley...
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"A Chicago icon: She took on the Democratic machine to become city's first female mayor"~Chicago Tribune
#JaneByrne was elected mayor of #Chicago #OnThisDay in 1979, becoming the first woman to lead any major US city but also proving that electing a woman to head any government is no guarantee of #feminist or #progressive government or governance; Byrne was neither...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_By...
Friday's Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne on @wttw has 70s graphics, 2 Daley mayors, the insightful @CarolMarin, and more.
Episode 421: Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne with Rachel Pikelny and @danprotess - https://tinyurl.com/5n8hc7xb
#Chicago #ChicagoStories #JaneByrne @Letterman
