Bazy Tankersley
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bazy" Tankersley was an American breeder of Arabian horses and a newspaper publisher. She was a daughter of U.S. Senator Joseph Medill McCormick. Her mother was progressive Republican
Tankersley in 2003
Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1920
Joseph Medill McCormick, 1912
Robert R. McCormick, 1925
Ruth Hanna McCormick
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Ruth McCormick, was an American politician, activist, and publisher. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, winning an at-large seat in Illinois in 1928. She gave up the ch
Bazy Tankersley
…horses and a newspaper publisher. She was a daughter of U.S. Senator Joseph Medill McCormick. Her mother was progressive Republican U.S. Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick, making Tankersley a granddaughter of Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio. Although Tankersley was involved with conservative Republican causes as a young woman…
McCormick in 1929
Drawing of Ruth Hanna published in 1896
Ruth Hanna McCormick (left) and Alice Roosevelt Longworth leaving Mercy Hospital in 1912
Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1914