Campbell, Lillian M. (Lillian May), 1881-1942

Lillian May Smith was born on the west side of Chicago, August 22, 1881, the daughter of George D. and Susan A. Smith. She was married April 20, 1902, to Frank R. Campbell. The couple settled in the Austin neighborhood. Mrs. Campbell was a member of a number of clubs, including the Austin Woman's Club, Friends of American Writers, West Side Historical Society, Amelia Earhart Civic Club, Iris Garden Circle, and Miriam Chapter #1 Order of the Eastern Star. In addition, she served as President of five others: Austin Roque Club Auxiliary, 1923; Ladies Auxiliary of Chicago Commandery #19 Knights Templar Auxiliaries of Illinois, 1928-29; Austin Women's Republican Club, 1933-34; and Cook County Federation of Women's Clubs, 1939-40. Mrs. Campbell was appointed by Mayor Edward J. Kelly as a honorary member of the Fort Dearborn Memorial Commission. In 1938, she was given the title of Princess Eakinomagaqua ("Woman who tells what to do") by Chief Clearwater of the Chippewa Indian tribe. Mrs. Campbell was instrumental in the establishment of the "First Night Fund" at Illinois Masonic Hospital in 1925, which provided a post-operation night nurse for patients unable to pay the costs. She was the impetus which led to the 1937 founding of a rehabilitation home for first-offender women victims of alcohol and drug abuse. She served as secretary to the West Side Women's Division of the 1934 "Drama of Chicago on Parade." She died at her home, 5433 W. Ohio Street, following a long illness, on December 11, 1942, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery. Frank R. Campbell was born on Chicago's west side November 7, 1881. He spent a forty-year career with the Chicago Surface Lines, predecessor of the Chicago Transit Authority. Mr. Campbell's own civic club presidencies totaled twenty-nine separate items; with his wife he was active in the West Side Historical Society. He died at their home in Austin in October, 1946.