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Jane Addams (1860-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
6, 1860.
Progressive. Social worker; sociologist;
lecturer;
woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive National
Convention from Illinois, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Lesbian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; NAACP.
Died, from cancer,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 21,
1935 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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María Concepcíon Bechily (b. 1949) —
also known as María C. Bechily —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba,
February
20, 1949.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1980;
staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Alan
J. Dixon, 1981-83; host and assistant producer, WSNS television,
Chicago, 1984-85; public
relations business.
Female.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 1985.
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Christine Radogno —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Social worker; member of Illinois
state senate 24th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor;
social worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clara Towle Dockum Van Auken (1890-1977) —
also known as Clara Van Auken; Clara Towle Dockum;
Mrs. Howell Van Auken —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
12, 1890.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944
(co-chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1936-47.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich., February
13, 1977 (age 86 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Russel Myers Dockum and Catherine (Towle) Dockum; married
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