Judy Baar Topinka championed women

ByLeah Hope WLS logo

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Topinka championed womenJudy Baar Topinka was the first female to hold the position of state treasurer.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Judy Baar Topinka was the first woman to be elected Illinois State Treasurer, but her trailblazing political career started long before that.

Who will succeed Topinka as Illinois comptroller?

Judy Baar Topinka dies at 70; Illinois comptroller just won re-election

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