Jane Byrne | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Byrne in 1985 | |
| 50th Mayor of Chicago | |
| In office April 16, 1979 – April 29, 1983 | |
| Deputy | Richard Mell |
| Preceded by | Michael Bilandic |
| Succeeded by | Harold Washington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jane Margaret Burke May 24, 1933 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 2014 (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Kathy Byrne |
| Education | St. Mary of the Woods Barat College (BS) |
Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933 – November 14, 2014)[1] was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983.[2][3] Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977, the only female in the mayoral cabinet.
Byrne won the 1979 Chicago mayoral election on April 3, 1979 becoming the first female mayor of the city, and causing an upheaval in beating the city's political machine.[4] She was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States, as Chicago was the second largest city in the United States at the time.[5] She narrowly lost her bid for reelection in the Democratic primary for the 1983 Chicago mayoral election.[6] Again, after trying for the party nomination in 1987, she threw her support to Harold Washington.
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- ^ "When A Mayor Moved to the Cabrini-Green Projects". NPR. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ Klose, Kevin (February 24, 1983). "UPSET IN CHICAGO". The Washington Post.