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. Born in Chicago on May 24, 1934,...

WHEN SHE got the chance, Jane Austen went to the theatre two or three times a week. She preferred comedy to tragedy, though she felt like swearing when the tragic actress Sarah Siddons failed to appear in King John. Her lifetime, 1775 to 1817,...

Mayor Harold Washington won the rematch with former mayor Jane M. Byrne tonight, taking the Democratic mayoral nomination on a late surge of support from black voters in the city's South Side. With more than 95 percent of the precincts reported, Washington had...