ʃiː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ, ɪn nˈoːɹwʊd pˈɑːɹk, ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ, ˌɪlənˈɔɪ, ðə jˈʌŋɡɪst ʌv hɜː pˈɛɹənts θɹˈiː tʃˈɪldɹən ænd ðɛɹ ˈoʊnli dˈɔːɾɚ.
She was born on September 27, 1874, in Norwood Park, Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of her parents' three children and their only daughter.