CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The head of a major women's philanthropy group said it is discouraging to see another female Chicago Mayor be forced to leave office after just four years on the job.
Lori Lightfoot is only Chicago's second woman Mayor and like the first, Jane Byrne, she's had only one-term.
Felicia Davis Blakely, President and CEO of the Chicago Foundation for Women, said she had a feeling of Deja Vu and loss as she watched Lightfoot concede defeat in February.
Studies show women in power lose support faster than their male counterparts, and aren't allowed to recover from mistakes the way men can, according to Davis Blakely.
"I do think that we should own and Chicago should really deal with this," she said.
"We should tackle the problem that we have- the bias problem that we have still on women's leadership, and women should be afforded the same opportunity to make mistakes and grow just like other leaders in Chicago, and like the other male Mayor leaders in Chicago."
Davis Blakely acknowledges Mayor Lightfoot is a singular figure in many respects, but she said the pattern is still there.
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