| | 
Mary Ellen Eagelston —
of Wyoming, Stark
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
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Juanita F. Edlen —
of Meredosia, Morgan
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1956.
Female.
Still living as of 1956.
|
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India Edwards (c.1896-1990) —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.; Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1896.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper,
1918-36; woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's
Division, Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Died, in Fircrest Convalescent
Hospital, Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
14, 1990 (age about 94
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett; married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards; mother of John Holbrook
Moffett. |
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Georgia Jones Ellis —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Sara Lee Ellis (b. 1969) —
Born in London, Ontario,
1969.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 2013-.
Female.
Still living as of 2017.
|
| |
Lisa Ellman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Connie Engholm —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
|
| |
Ruth Engle —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1944.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Sara Johns English —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1940.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Edna Selan Epstein —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| |
Sondra Berman Epstein —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
|
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Mary Lou Equi —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Des Plaines, Ill., 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
|
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MaryAlice Erickson (born c.1936) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born about 1936.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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Ruby Huber Ernest —
Farmer-Labor candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1922.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Judy Erwin —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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Anne H. Evans —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in California.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
|
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Laura B. Evans —
of Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill.
University
of Illinois trustee, 1903-19.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Lisa Evans —
of Country Club Hills, Cook
County, Ill.
Candidate for mayor
of Country Club Hills, Ill., 2015.
Female.
Still living as of 2015.
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Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878-1951) —
also known as Janet Fairbank; Janet Ayer; Mrs.
Kellogg Fairbank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 7,
1878.
Democrat. Author;
woman suffrage activist; chair, managing board, Chicago Lying-In Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1932
(alternate); member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1924-28.
Female.
Died December
28, 1951 (age 73 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Ayer and Janet (Hopkins) Ayer; sister
of Margaret Ayer Barnes; married, May 29,
1900, to Kellogg Fairbank (second cousin once removed of John
Barnard Fairbank); granddaughter of James
Campbell Hopkins. |
| | | Political family: Davis
family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Fiction by Janet Ayer Fairbank: At
Home |
| | | Fiction about Janet Ayer Fairbank: , The
Lion's Den — , The
Bright Land — , Rich
Man, Poor Man — , The
Cortlandts of Washington Square — , Idle
Hands — , The
Smiths |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1923) |
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Penny Falcon —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
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Nancy Farmer (b. 1956) —
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., September
11, 1956.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives 64th District, 1993-96; Missouri
state treasurer, 2001-05; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2005.
|
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Helen Ferguson —
of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| |
Gayl Ferraro —
of Lombard, DuPage
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
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Serafina Ferrera —
of River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
|
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Ruth G. Fillingham —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1944.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Hazel R. Findley —
of Palos Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Bernice Finkleman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
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Clara Mae Fleming (1886-1960) —
also known as Clara Mae Young —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Bristol, Kendall
County, Ill., July 4,
1886.
Republican. Insurance
agent; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1922.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., March 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Isaac Ketchum Young and Julia Elizabeth (Knox) Young;
married 1912 to Harry
Cowles Fleming. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School
teacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate for
the creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquent
children; her efforts led to the world's first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park,
on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High
School (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower
Vocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High
School, 1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mary Flowers —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
7, 1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer
for the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one
of the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954
(Peoples' Rights, 24th District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Barbara Flynn-Currie —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2012.
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Lillian Foley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1926.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Betty Ford (1918-2011) —
also known as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer; Betty
Warren —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 8,
1918.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1973-74; First Lady
of the United States, 1974-77.
Female.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., July 8,
2011 (age 93 years, 91
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Lula Ford —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
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Lois Goldstein Forer (c.1913-1994) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1913.
Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1971-87.
Female.
Died, of non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, at Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1994 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
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Mrs. E. W. Forman —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1932.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Natalie Forman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Rosa Lee Fox —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1970.
Female.
Still living as of 1970.
|
| |
Golda Franklin —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Jo Freeman —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Lois Frels —
of Hillsdale, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Lora Mae French —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| |
Esther Fricke —
of Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill.
Republican. Chair of
Menard County Republican Party, 2002.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
|
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
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Doris W. Friedman —
of Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Marjorie Friedman —
also known as Marge Friedman —
of Park Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972
(alternate), 1980,
1996;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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Alma Fringer —
of Illinois.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blanche Fritz —
of Bridgeport, Lawrence
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate).
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Suzanne Funk —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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