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May 20, 2019 · Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife, Amy Eshleman, live in Logan Square with their preteen daughter. When Lightfoot was sworn in as the city’s 56th mayor May 20, Eshleman became the...
May 30, 2019 · From left, Lori Lightfoot, daughter Vivian and wife Amy Eshleman, celebrating Lightfoot’s mayoral win in Chicago on April 2. Image by Getty. In April Chicago elected a new mayor: Lori...
Mar 1, 2023 · The couple shares one daughter named Vivian, who they adopted sometime after they walked down the aisle. How did they meet? Lori and Amy first crossed paths when the latter's co-worker Mary Dempsey was tasked to work with Lori in then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration.
Aug 18, 2020 · Lori and her wife Amy Eshleman got married on the day that Illinois legalized same-sex marriage. Lori was born in Massillon, Ohio, to a deeply religious family. She knew that she was gay during her time at the University of Michigan in the 1980s. However, Lori didn’t know how her family would react to the news.
May 19, 2020 · Joined by her wife, Amy Eshleman, and daughter Vivian, Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of Chicago at Wintrust Arena on May 20, 2019. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to showcase her dance moves in a TikTok video announcing Chicago’s virtual citywide high school graduation ceremony was all the rage on social media.
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Apr 3, 2019 · Lori Lightfoot and Amy Eshleman with their daughter last night. Chicago's first openly gay, female, African-American mayor arrives in office with another first: an openly gay first lady....
May 14, 2023 · Mayor Lori Lightfoot is joined by her wife, Amy Eshleman, left, and their daughter, Vivian, to cast their ballots during early voting Feb. 20, 2023, at Northeastern Illinois University...
