Ethel Skyles Alexander

Ethel Skyles Alexander
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 16th district
In office
July 16, 1986 (1986-July-16) – January 13, 1993 (1993-Jan-13)
Preceded byCharles Chew
Succeeded byDonne Trotter
Personal details
Born
Ethel Skyles

(1925-01-16)January 16, 1925
Chicago
Died(2016-09-10)September 10, 2016
Chicago
Political partyDemocratic
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 32nd district
In office
January 13, 1983 (1983-01-13) – July 16, 1986 (1986-07-16)
Preceded byDonald Deuster
Succeeded byCharles Morrow
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 26th district
In office
January 10, 1979 (1979-01-10) – January 13, 1983 (1983-01-13)
Preceded byTaylor Pouncey
Succeeded byBarbara Flynn Currie
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

Ethel Skyles Alexander (January 16, 1925 – September 10, 2016) was a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate. She served in four General Assemblies in the House and four General Assemblies in the Senate.[1] Carol Moseley Braun described Alexander as her mentor.[2]

Born in Chicago, Alexander graduated from Englewood High School. She received an associate of arts degree from Loop College (now Harold Washington College).[3] She also took an IBM Executive Training Course there. She worked in the Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court office for 33 years.[4][5] Her father, Charles Skyles, had served in the Illinois General Assembly.[3]

  1. ^ "AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATORS IN ILLINOIS, 1876-2005" (PDF). First Reading. Legislative Reference Unit. February 2006. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  2. ^ Morris, Jeannie (2021). Behind the Smile: A Story of Carol Moseley Braun's Historic Senate Campaign. Agate Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 9781572847590.
  3. ^ a b Williams, Erma Brooks (2008). Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9780761840183.
  4. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1991-1992,' Biographical Sketch of Ethel Skyles Alexander, pg. 83.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference hjr-162 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).