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Nov 14, 2014 · Jane Byrne died this morning at age 81 while in hospice care close by her Streeterville apartment where she had lived for decades, including during her four years, 1979-1983, as our city’s first ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Fri 14 Nov 2014 15.11 EST. Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 13.04 EST. Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago’s slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the ...
Nov 15, 2014 · The second of six children, Byrne was born Jane Margaret Burke on May 24, 1933 in Chicago. She married Marine William Byrne in 1956. He died several years later in a plane crash.
Nov 14, 2014 · Jane Byrne, Chicago’s first and only female mayor, has died at the age of 81. Byrne’s daughter, Kathy, says her mother died Thursday at a hospice in Chicago.
Jane Byrne never intended to get into politics. But after her life was turned upside down by a tragic accident, she volunteered for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and eventually caught the attention of the powerful boss of Chicago Democratic machine politics, Richard J. Daley. She became his protégée and held various positions ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Coffee and the morning paper: Jane Byrne savors her victory in the Democratic primary, defeating Mayor Michael Bilandic. She was the city’s first female mayor. Paralyzing blizzards set up Mayor ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago's slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the city's history and become its first female mayor, died Friday. She was 80.
