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Pioneering Ill. politician Dawn Clark Netsch dies

March 05, 2013

Dawn Clark Netsch, a pioneer of Illinois politics who helped rewrite the state's constitution and broke ground as the first woman to run for governor on a major ticket, died Tuesday, just weeks after revealing publicly that she had Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 86.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130305/news/703059895/
 
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