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HJ0066LRB104 21807 LAW 37527 r

1HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the members of the 

3Illinois General Assembly recognize the accomplishments and 

4contributions made by exceptional officials and citizens of 

5the State of Illinois; and

6 WHEREAS, Former State Representative and House Majority 

7Leader Barbara Flynn Currie was a 40-year veteran of the 

8Illinois House of Representatives and the first woman to hold 

9the post of Majority Leader of the Illinois House; and

10 WHEREAS, Rep. Flynn Currie was born the daughter of 

11Francis and Elsie Flynn in LaCrosse, Wisconsin on May 3, 1940; 

12at the age of seven, she and her family moved to Chicago's 

13South Side, where she attended St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic 

14School and the University of Chicago Lab High School; she 

15attended the University of Chicago before withdrawing to marry 

16in 1960; she later returned, earning her Bachelor of Arts and 

17Master of Arts in Political Science in 1968 and 1973, 

18respectively, while raising young children; and

19 WHEREAS, Rep. Flynn Currie was first elected to the 

20Illinois House's 24th District in 1978, becoming one of just 

2121 women then in the Illinois General Assembly; her district 

22changed to the 26th District in 1983 and the 25th District in 

HJ0066- 2 -LRB104 21807 LAW 37527 r

11993, and it encompassed Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore, and 

2Kenwood; she was appointed as majority leader in 1997, where 

3she routinely proved herself through preparation, discipline, 

4and intellect; during her tenure, she chaired the special 

521-member bipartisan committee that recommended the 

6impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich in 2009; while she 

7retired from the Illinois