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Meet Jane Byrne, Chicago’s First Female Mayor
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re pleased to feature Jane Byrne, who served as Chicago’s 50th mayor from 1979-1983.
By Dave Lifton (@daveeatschicago)
From 1837 until 1979, 49 men had served as the mayor of Chicago.
Then came Jane Byrne, who broke through the glass ceiling that led her to the fifth floor of City Hall.
Jane Byrne was born Margaret Jane Burke on May 24, 1933 and raised in the Sauganash neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A year after graduating Barat College of the Sacred Heart, she married Lt. William Byrne, a Marine pilot. A daughter, Kathy, arrived in 1957, but tragedy soon struck.
Jane byrne interchangeOn May 31, 1959, William was killed when he attempted to land his plane at Glenview Naval Air Station in a dense fog.
Byrne’s mother suggested that she work at the local office for Sen. John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.
The job put her in the orbit of Mayor Richard J. Daley, who saw potential in Byrne. On hi