Janet Ayer Fairbank
Novelist, Author
1878 – 1951
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Who was Janet Ayer Fairbank?
Janet Ayer Fairbank was an American author and suffragette, socially and politically active in Chicago and a champion of progressive causes. She attended the University of Chicago and in 1900 married the lawyer Kellogg Fairbank, the son of industrialist N. K. Fairbank. They had three children including the operatic singer Janet Fairbank.
She was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1924 and 1932.
She was the older sister of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Ayer Barnes.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1878
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Kellogg Fairbank
(1900 - )
- Kellogg Fairbank
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Died
- Dec 28, 1951
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on July 23, 2013
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