Sarah Bond Hanley
Sarah Bond Hanley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1926–1931 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1865 Leon, Iowa |
| Died | April 15, 1959 Springfield, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | attorney John Hanley (married 1899) |
| Children | a daughter |
| Alma mater | Monmouth College (Illinois) |
Sarah Bond Hanley (January 1865[1] – April 15, 1959) was an American politician most notable for being one of the first two Democratic women to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.
Biography[edit]
She was born in Leon, Iowa, in 1865. She attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. In 1889, she married attorney John Hanley with whom she would have one daughter, Helen.
Hanley was a member of the first Democratic Women's Club in the country, organized in 1888. During the 1892 election, Hanley, as an officer of the club, made the first monetary campaign contribution from a women's club to a political campaign. She served on the woman's auxiliary of the Democratic Party of Illinois. She campaigned for both Woodrow Wilson and James M. Cox. In 1921, she became the first woman to participate in a judicial convention. She was a member of the Illinois delegation to the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
In 1926, she and Mary C. McAdams of Quincy, Illinois, became the first two Democratic women elected to the Illinois General Assembly. She served two terms, leaving the House in 1931.
In addition to her involvement in the Democratic Party, she was also active as a high-ranking member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[2][3] She died April 15, 1959, in Springfield, Illinois, at age 94.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 1900 United States Federal Census
- ^ Musser, Ashley; Dutton, Julie (February 11, 2016). "Illinois Women in Congress and General Assembly" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Legislative Research Unit. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Bone, Jan, ed. (June 1974). "Commission on the Status of Women. Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Commission on the Status of Women. p. 26. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Mrs. S. H. Hanley Dies; Served in Assembly". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 16, 1959. p. C1.
- 1865 births
- 1959 deaths
- 19th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American politicians
- Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Monmouth College alumni
- People from Leon, Iowa
- People from Monmouth, Illinois
- Women state legislators in Illinois
- 19th-century American women politicians
- 20th-century American women politicians