Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933 – November 14, 2014) was an American politician who was Mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979 to April 29, 1983. She was the first and only female mayor of Chicago, the second largest city in the United States at the time, and the largest U.S. city to have had a female mayor as of 2014. Byrne first entered politics to volunteer in John F. Kennedy's campaign for president in 1960. During that campaign...
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Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933 – November 14, 2014) was an American politician who was Mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979 to April 29, 1983. She was the first and only female mayor of Chicago, the second largest city in the United States at the time, and the largest U.S. city to have had a female mayor as of 2014. Byrne first entered politics to volunteer in John F. Kennedy's campaign for president in 1960. During that campaign...