Lana Hostetler

  • educator
  • activist

Lana Hostetler (died February 4, 1999) was an educator and activist.[1]

Life

Hostetler was an activist in the 1960s for civil rights and an activist in the 1970s for women’s rights.[2] Beginning in 1970, she was also an early childhood education professor at Lincoln Land Community College.[1]

In the early 1980s she served as President of the Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children.[2] She later served as president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.[1]

Beginning in 1992, she was a lobbyist for the gay rights group Illinois Federation for Human Rights,[1][2] which she co-founded.[3] The organization is now called Equality Illinois.[4][5]

Death

Hostetler died at the age of 57, on February 4, 1999, in Memorial Medical Center.[2] There was a fire at her home and she died of smoke inhalation.[1][6]

Legacy

She was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2021.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Breslin, Meg Sherry (February 10, 1999). "CHILDREN'S ACTIVIST LANA HOSTETLER". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "SR0035 91st General Assembly". www.ilga.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame announces 2021 inductees". Windy City Times. July 19, 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ Karlin, Rick (November 12, 2021). "Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 2021 Virtual Induction Ceremony". Daily Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Our History – Equality Illinois". Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ "SPRINGFIELD HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST LANA HOSTETLER DIES IN HOME FIRE". Chicago Tribune. 1999-02-05. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. ^ "Lana Hostetler". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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