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'''Barbara Flynn Currie''' (May 3, 1940 – April 16, 2026) was an American politician who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 2019. She served as the Majority Leader from 1997 to 2019. She was first woman to hold this position,[{{cite news|url=https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-barbara-flynn-currie-the-first-woman-to-serve-as-il-house-majority-leader-passes-at-85/|title=Barbara Flynn Currie, the first woman to serve as IL House majority leader, passes at 85|first=Dave|last=Dahl|publisher=Capitol City Now|date=April 17, 2026|accessdate=April 17, 2026}}] and is also the [[Illinois House of Representatives|longest serving]] Illinois House majority leader to date. Flynn Currie's forty years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly is the longest tenure of any woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.[{{cite web|last1=Musser|first1=Ashley|last2=Dutton|first2=Julie|title=Illinois Women in Congress and General Assembly|date=February 11, 2016|publisher=[[Illinois General Assembly|Illinois Legislative Research Unit]]|location=[[Springfield, Illinois]]|accessdate=January 22, 2019|url=http://ilga.gov/commission/lru/FemaleLegislators.pdf}}] |
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'''Barbara Flynn Currie''' (May 3, 1940 – April 16, 2026) was an American politician who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 2019. She served as the Majority Leader from 1997 to 2019. She was the first woman to hold this position,[{{cite news|url=https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-barbara-flynn-currie-the-first-woman-to-serve-as-il-house-majority-leader-passes-at-85/|title=Barbara Flynn Currie, the first woman to serve as IL House majority leader, passes at 85|first=Dave|last=Dahl|publisher=Capitol City Now|date=April 17, 2026|accessdate=April 17, 2026}}] and is also the [[Illinois House of Representatives|longest serving]] Illinois House majority leader to date. Flynn Currie's forty years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly is the longest tenure of any woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.[{{cite web|last1=Musser|first1=Ashley|last2=Dutton|first2=Julie|title=Illinois Women in Congress and General Assembly|date=February 11, 2016|publisher=[[Illinois General Assembly|Illinois Legislative Research Unit]]|location=[[Springfield, Illinois]]|accessdate=January 22, 2019|url=http://ilga.gov/commission/lru/FemaleLegislators.pdf}}] |
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