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.

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