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Karen Lewis (née Jennings; July 20, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014.
Feb 8, 2021 · Former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis passed away Sunday following a years-long battle with brain cancer, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.
Feb 8, 2021 · CHICAGO — Karen Lewis, a formidable teachers union leader in Chicago who battled Rahm Emanuel when he was mayor, and who in 2012 led the city’s public-school teachers in their first...
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis, the firebrand former Chicago Teachers Union president who led a seven-day strike and nearly ran for mayor, has died at 67. Details of her death were not immediately available,...
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis, fighter for public education, charismatic ex-leader of Chicago Teachers Union, dies. Lewis had considered running against then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2014 but decided against it after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. By Stefano Esposito. Feb 8, 2021, 1:11pm PDT.
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis, the firebrand former Chicago Teachers Union president who led a seven-day strike in 2012 and was a one-time mayoral hopeful who was unable to run for office because of a cancer...
Feb 9, 2021 · (JTA) — Karen Lewis, the firebrand former president of Chicago’s teachers union, has died at 67 after a long battle with brain cancer. Lewis, a convert to Judaism who said...
Feb 8, 2021 · Before becoming a nationally certified CPS teacher, Karen Lewis — whose death was confirmed Monday — changed the course of her life again and again.
Feb 8, 2021 · CHICAGO — Former longtime Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has passed away following a years-long battle with brain cancer. She was 67. Lewis was diagnosed with an aggressive...
Feb 15, 2021 · Karen GJ Lewis saw the future of public education. At the heart of her vision was a radical faith that fully funded public schools could prepare children to meet every social, economic,...
