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Skirting Convention

	Karen Hasara Listen	Karen Hasara: Karen Hasara was the first woman ever elected mayor of Springfield. Karen moved up through Springfield politics, being first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1986 and then being elected State Senator in 1993. She served as mayor from 1995-2002.
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	Hasara talks about how she joined the republican Party and how her career might have been different. (2:20)	Hasara talks about tough decisions she had to deal with while she was mayor of Springfield. (3:58)
	Hasara talks about how she was criticized for how she dressed. (1:15)	Hasara was in the first graduating class at Sangamon State University. She talks about how she combined her legislative work with her education when she was working on getting her master’s thesis at the University of Illinois at Springfield (:40)