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Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933 – November 14, 2014) 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.
Nov 15, 2014 · Jane M. Byrne, who stunned Chicago’s Democratic machine in 1979 when she was elected mayor after sharply criticizing the incumbent for his handling of a devastating winter — a victory that made...
Nov 14, 2014 · Jane Byrne, Chicago’s only female mayor, dies at 81. Jane Byrne, with an assist from mighty snowstorms and a tone-deaf Chicago mayor who preceded her, will forever be known as the feisty...
Nov 15, 2014 · Byrne was mayor from 1979-83. (FHJ/Associated Press) Jane Byrne, who rode the effects of a snowstorm to victory in 1979 as the first, and only, woman to be elected mayor...
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Jane Byrne. As a woman once again occupies the fifth floor of City Hall, Chicago Stories remembers the city’s first female mayor. After pulling off one of Chicago’s greatest political upsets, Jane Byrne found herself caught between the political machine that shaped her and the reformers who elected her.
Nov 14, 2014 · By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jane Byrne, Chicago's only female mayor, known as an outsider who took on the city's powerful political establishment, died on Friday at age 81. The cause...
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. She’s known as the woman who beat...
