death_place death_date birth_place party birth_date article_title name alma_mater
chicago , illinois , u.s. 31 may 1997 chicago , illinois , u.s. republican 28 april 1922 jewel lafontant
 jewel lafontant oberlin college university of chicago
jewel lafontant

jewel stradford lafontant-mankarious -lrb- april 28 , 1922 -- may 31 , 1997 -rrb- was the first female deputy solicitor general of the united states , an official in the administration of president george h. w. bush , and an attorney in chicago .
she also was considered by president richard nixon as a possible nominee to the supreme court of the united states .
