Full Text of HR1155 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Lucille | 4 | | "Jackie" Gallagher, who passed away on April 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher was born on June 7, 1928 in
| 6 | | Chicago to Louis and Lucille Jaacks, the youngest of 3 | 7 | | children; she graduated from St. Genevieve Grammar and | 8 | | Providence High Schools in Chicago, and
attended the School of | 9 | | the Art Institute in Chicago; she married Will Gallagher in | 10 | | 1950 and they became parents of 4 children; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher was involved in Democratic | 12 | | politics at the local, State and national levels for her entire | 13 | | adult life, involving her children right alongside her going | 14 | | door-to-door, distributing yard signs, and attending rallies; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher worked for passage of the Equal | 17 | | Rights Amendment in Illinois, believing that equality for women | 18 | | was essential to the country's future; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher was one of the original staff | 20 | | members hired by then-Democratic leader Michael J. Madigan in | 21 | | 1981, and worked for him after he became Speaker of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois House of Representatives in 1983; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher served as a key advisor and a | 3 | | tough and straight-talking spokesperson for the Chicago | 4 | | Teachers Union under presidents Jacqueline B. Vaughn and Thomas | 5 | | Reece; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher was appointed to head the | 7 | | Illinois Labor Relations Board, a post she held from 2003 until | 8 | | her retirement; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher's commitment to Democratic | 10 | | politics and her belief in women's rightful place in the | 11 | | political arena led her to serve on the founding board of | 12 | | Illinois Women in Leadership, a training program for Democratic | 13 | | women who wish to seek elective office; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher devoted her life to the political | 15 | | process because of her belief in the importance of the process | 16 | | and the ideals of the Democratic party; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher's influence on candidates, | 18 | | legislative staffers, elected officials, and labor leaders | 19 | | will be felt for years to come; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher was preceded in death by her |
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| 1 | | parents, and by her son, Paul; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Gallagher is survived by her children, | 3 | | Audrey, Hugh, and Jane; her ex-husband, Will; her grandson, | 4 | | James and his fiancee Layla Lewis; and her brothers, Louis and | 5 | | Richard; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we mourn the passing of Jackie Gallagher, and we extend our | 9 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 10 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Jackie Gallagher as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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