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Langford ran for a seat on the Chicago City Council in 1971 after losing in her first attempt four years earlier. [12] On February 23, 1971, she won and became one of the first two female Chicago aldermen alongside Marilou Hedlund. [8] [13] She was elected to represent the 16th Ward, which at the time encompassed the Englewood neighborhood.
Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois [1]: 238–239, 249–250 Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents. 1983. Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois [123] 2001. Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois
Prior to working with the police, she was one of five female health inspectors employed in the city health department in 1889. [3] When employed with police she reported to Capt. O’Brien. In 1901 the Chicago Tribune described her position: "So Mrs. Marie Owens became 'Sergeant No. 97,' with the salary, star, and rating of a special police ...
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]
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) [1] [2] is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The elections were part of the 2019 Chicago elections, which included elections for City Council, City Clerk, and City Treasurer. Incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel initially announced he would run for a third term but withdrew in September 2018. [ 8 ]
An audit of the city’s fire department revealed that 62 percent of female paramedics were sexually harassed on the job. Chicago to pay 5 female paramedics $1.8 million in sexual harassment ...
Gang was born in Belvidere, Illinois, [1] [2] [3] where her father was the engineer for Boone County. [4] She graduated from Belvidere High School in 1982, [4] [5] then earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1986; during her third year, she studied in Versailles, France at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles. [6]