JANE ESKIND

ESKIND--Jane G.,

a groundbreaking leader for women's rights, education and the arts, and the first woman to win statewide elected office in Tennessee, died August 4, 2016, after a long illness. She was 83. Mrs. Eskind was a leading advocate for progress and social justice in Nashville and Tennessee, and was prominent as a national political leader. She served twice on the Democratic National Platform Committee, was the first woman to chair the Tennessee Democratic Party, and the first to run for statewide office when she won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1978. Mrs. Eskind was active in an array of causes and organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the International Women's Forum, and the Women Executives in State Government. She chaired the Tennessee Commission on the Status of Women and was named trustee to the Vice President's Residence Foundation and to the Brandeis University Board of Trust. Mrs. Eskind is survived by her husband of more than 62 years, Richard J. Eskind, daughter Ellen Lehman, son, Billy Eskind (Jamie), both of Nashville; brother and sister- in-law, John and Mary Greenebaum of Louisville; sister- in-law Annette Eskind of Nashville; grandchildren Jeremy Lehman, Madeline Eskind, Doni Lehman, Alec Eskind, Isaac Eskind and Jude Eskind, nieces and nephews Steve and Laurie Eskind, Jeff and Donna Eskind, Sam Greenebaum, Anastasia Greenebaum, Eliott Greenebaum, Michael Eskind, Julie Eskind, David Eskind (Megan), Matt Eskind, and Sara Eskind; and by special friends Doris Medlin, Gladys Bender, Kenny Katzoff and Tim Holder.