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  Jane Byrne - Biography of Jane Byrne
Byrne used her firing to launch an attack on Bilandic in the 1979 mayoral primary.
As mayor, Jane Byrne briefly moved her residence, amidst much publicity, to live in the Cabrini-Green Housing Projects as part of a plan to eradicate crime in the area.
A product of the Daley machine, Byrne claimed to be a reformer and in her first campaign won support from "lakefront liberals" and African-Americans in addition to many more conservative whites on the city's north side.
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 Jane Byrne Remembered (Introduction)
Byrne brought excitement, controversy and new life to Chicago's dormant city political system.
But with Byrne came a new era of news reporting and news making.
I covered the Late Mayor Daley, Byrne, Washington, Sawyer and Richie Daley, from 1978 until 1992 as a City Hall reporter, first for the Daily Southtown Economist Newspapers (77-85) and later for the Chicago Sun-Times (1985-92).
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 Jane Byrne Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jane Byrne (born 1934) won the most astounding political upset in Chicago's history when she unseated incumbent Michael A. Bilandic in the 1979 Democratic primary and went on to become the first woman mayor of Chicago.
Byrne responded by announcing her decision to run for the Democratic nomination for mayor.
Byrne's triumph did not mark the end of the powerful Democratic organization, nor did it bring a new era of tranquillity to Chicago politics.
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 Jane Byrne Summary
Byrne made some progressive moves as mayor, such as hiring the first fl school superintendent, and she was the first Mayor to recognize the gay community.
Byrne's political tactics as mayor ranged from modern media politics to largely unsuccessful attempts to play boss in the manner of the elder Daley.
Byrne was narrowly defeated in the 1983 Democratic primary for Mayor by Harold Washington.
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Fighting Jane: Mayor Jane Byrne and the Chicago Machine
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Helen Caroline (Jane Millham Andrews) (E. Branscombe Byrne) (Margaret Ida Walsh), Compilers Comstock
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 1979: Jane Byrne Is Elected Mayor
In a dramatic upset victory, Jane Byrne defeated incumbent Michael Bilandic in April 1979, becoming the city's first woman mayor.
The CTA rapid transit extension to O'Hare got underway in 1980, and in 1982, work was started on the reconstruction of the Lake Shore Drive S-Curve.
Byrne served one term and was defeated fro re-election in 1983, losing to Harold Washington in the Democratic primary.
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 Jane Byrne(s) Daley Fiddles Washington Hopes (The Nation, February 19, 1983)
Jane Byrne(s) Daley Fiddles Washington Hopes (The Nation, February 19, 1983)
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 Jane Byrne <jckb>
How well do you know Jane pt 2?
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