14 Facts About Jane Eskind

Jane Greenebaum Eskind was an American activist and politician from the state of Tennessee.

Jane Eskind served on the Tennessee Public Service Commission, becoming the first woman to win an election to a statewide office in Tennessee.

Jane Eskind graduated from Atherton High School, and then attended Brandeis University before graduating from the University of Louisville.

From 1964 to 1969, Jane Eskind worked as a lobbyist for the Tennessee chapter of the League of Women Voters.

Jane Eskind left the league to join the Democratic Party over what she saw as a limitation of the league's nonpartisan strategy.

Jane Eskind was elected and served as the president of the Davidson County Democratic Women in 1973.

Jane Eskind served as a representative of Tennessee on the Democratic National Platform Committee in 1972 and 1976, and was elected to the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1974.

Jane Eskind won the Democratic Party's primary election to become the Democratic nominee, becoming the first woman to win a statewide primary in Tennessee.

Jane Eskind lost the general election to incumbent Howard Baker.

In 1980, Jane Eskind won election to the Tennessee Public Service Commission, becoming the first woman to win an election to a statewide office in Tennessee.

Jane Eskind ran for governor of Tennessee in the 1986 election, but lost to Ned McWherter in the Democratic Party's primary election, though finishing ahead of Richard Fulton.

In 1987, Jane Eskind ran to represent in a special election to the United States House of Representatives, but the election was won by Bob Clement.

Jane Eskind was elected the chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party in 1994, becoming the first woman to serve in the role.

Jane Eskind was the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame's first inductee and received a lifetime achievement award from the American Civil Liberties Union.