Bazy Tankersley
Ruth Bazy Tankersley was an American breeder of Arabian horses and a newspaper publisher. She was a daughter of Senator Joseph Medill McCormick. Her mother was progressive Republican Congresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormick, making Tankersley a granddaughter of the late Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio. Although Tankersley was involved with conservative Republican causes as a young woman, including a friendship with Senator Joseph McCarthy, her progressive roots reemerged in later years by the 21st century, she had become a strong supporter of environmental causes and backed Barack Obama for president in 2008.
Tankersley was described as having inherited a love of politics and horses, not necessarily in that order. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 7, 1921. Her nickname Bazy came from how she pronounced the word baby when she was a toddler. Her father was Joseph Medill McCormick, partowner of the Chicago Tribune and a Senator for Illinois. Her mother, Ruth Hanna McCormick, was a daughter of Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio, and Ruth was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois, serving in the 71st Congress from 1929 to 1931 as a progressive Republican. Bazy was the youngest of three children her siblings were Katherine , and John .
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