Flora Cheney

Flora Sylvester Cheney (March 11, 1872 – April 8, 1929) was an American activist and politician.

Cheney was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She went to the Fond du Lac public schools and taught school in Wisconsin. She married Dr. Henry W. Cheney, a physician from Chicago, Illinois.

Cheney was involved with the Illinois League of Women Voters. Cheney lived with her husband and family in Chicago. Cheney campaigned for her husband who won an alderman seat. She also campaigned for her longtime friend Katherine Hancock Goode, who won a seat in the state legislature.[1] After Goode's death, Cheney served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1929. She died while still in office in a hospital in Chicago, Illinois following a short illness. She was a Republican.[2][3][4] A park bench commemorates Goode and Cheney.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Cheney-Goode Memorial | Chicago Park District".
  2. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1929-1930,' Biographical Sketch of Flora Sylvester Cheney, pg. 196-197
  3. ^ 'Chair And Desk Of Flora Cheney Draped In Black,' Sterling Daily Gazette, April 9, 1929, pg. 1
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Chicago
  5. ^ "Chicago Public Art: Cheney-Goode Memorial".


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