Charlotte Zietlow has died.

Zietlow, 91, a women’s rights pioneer, entrepreneur and the grande dame of Bloomington politics , rose to prominence in the early 1970s. She became the first female member of the Bloomington City Council in 1971 and served as president in 1972.

Born Oct. 21, 1934, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Zietlow remained involved in politics until her final days, advocating last week for the county to improve the current jail rather than to build a new one.

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