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    • Karen Lewis

    American labor leader (1953–2021)

    This article is about the American labor leader. For other people with the same name, see Karen Lewis (disambiguation).

    Karen Lewis (néeJennings;[2][3] July 20, 1953 – February 7, 2021)[4][5][6] was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014.

    For nearly 20 years before becoming president of the teachers union, she was a high school chemistry teacher.[7]

    Early life

    Karen Jennings was born on July 20, 1953, in Chicago's South Side to a family of teachers.[8][9] She attended Kenwood High School, but left after her junior year to attend Mount Holyoke College.

    Lewis said Mount Holyoke "taught [her] you can do anything [...] to use your mind well [...] to express yourself."[10] She transferred to Dartmouth Colle