She was born in Leon , Iowa in 1865 . She attended Monmouth College in Monmouth , Illinois . In 1889 , she married attorney John Hanley with whom she would have one daughter , Helen . Hanley was a member of the first Democratic Women 's Club in the country , organized in 1888 . During the 1892 election , Hanley , as an officer of the club , made the first monetary campaign contribution from a women 's club to a political campaign . She served on the woman 's auxiliary of the Democratic Party of Illinois . She campaigned for both Woodrow Wilson and James M. Cox . In 1921 , she became the first woman to participate in a judicial convention . She was a member of the Illinois delegation to the 1924 Democratic National Convention . In 1926 , she and Mary C. McAdams of Quincy , Illinois became the first two Democratic women elected to the Illinois General Assembly . She served two terms , leaving the House in 1931 . In addition to her involvement in the Democratic Party , she was also active as a high-ranking member of the Daughters of the American Revolution . She died April 15 , 1959 in Chicago , Illinois at age 94
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
Sarah Bond Hanley