Janet Ayer Fairbank
Janet Ayer Fairbank (June 7, 1878 – December 28, 1951) was an American author and suffragette, socially and politically active in Chicago and a champion of progressive causes. Biography. Janet Ayer was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 7, 1878. She was the older sister of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Ayer Barnes. Fairbank attended the University of Chicago and in 1900 married the lawyer Kellogg Fairbank, the son of industrialist N. K. Fairbank. They had three children including the operatic singer Janet Fairbank (1903–1947). Fairbank published her first novel, "Home", in 1910. She wrote short stories, articles , and seven novels. She was active in politics; a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1924 and 1932, and a national committeewoman for the Illinois Democratic party from 1924 through 1928. Fairbank died in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on 28 December 1951.