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Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a [[World War I]] veteran.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title="Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510367257/?terms=Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain&match=1 |publisher=Boswell News |date=Jan 23, 1964 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref>
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a [[World War I]] veteran.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title="Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510367257/?terms=Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain&match=1 |publisher=Boswell News |date=Jan 23, 1964 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref>


In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as one who was "larger than life".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wecker |first=David |date=1993-11-04 |title=Fifi the street legend knows she's a winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-the-street-lege/144703583/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post |pages=27}}</ref> She died in 1997.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-08-04 |title=Fifi Taft Rockefeller, proud of role as 'town character' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-taft-rockefelle/144703410/ |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-taft-rockefelle/144703410/ ],[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/144703821/]|access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post |pages=7}}</ref>
In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as one who was "larger than life".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wecker |first=David |date=1993-11-04 |title=Fifi the street legend knows she's a winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-the-street-lege/144703583/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post |pages=27}}</ref> She died in 1997.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-08-04 |title=Fifi Taft Rockefeller, proud of role as 'town character' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-taft-rockefelle/144703410/ |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-taft-rockefelle/144703410/ 7],[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/144703821/ 33]|access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post }}</ref>


<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wecker |first=David |date=1997-08-12 |title=Fifi outsmarted Harvard Law grad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-outsmarted-harv/144702751/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-outsmarted-harv/144702751/],[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/144702901/]}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wecker |first=David |date=1997-08-12 |title=Fifi outsmarted Harvard Law grad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-outsmarted-harv/144702751/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Post |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-fifi-outsmarted-harv/144702751/],[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/144702901/]}}</ref>

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Fay Carpenter Swain
Other namesPrincess Running Waters St. Swain

[1] Faye Carpenter Swain[2]

Fifi Taft Rockefeller[3]

Fay Carpenter Swain (born Fay Darlene Turner[4] around 1916 in Clark County, Illinois)[5] was a candidate in the 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

She lived in Greenhills, Ohio.[6] She self-identified as being of Cherokee descent.

She received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against capital punishment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[7] and she was known for one who threw jelly beans at reporters during the primary season.[8]

In 1967 she entered the New Hampshire primary as a peace candidate in the Democratic party.[9] Her first appearance at the New Hampshire primary was with the name Princess St. Swanee Running Water,[2]: 254  but when she returned to enter the primary she was told she would have to use her name Faye Carpenter Swain.[2]: 256  Her participation in the New Hampshire primary was later discussed as a publicity stunt.[10]

She received 2305 in the 1976 Kentucky Democratic primary,[3] and in 1983 she campaigned for governor of Kentucky.[11]

Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a World War I veteran.[5]

In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as one who was "larger than life".[12] She died in 1997.[4][13]

[14]

References

  1. ^ "Indian princess eyes nomination for presidency". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1967-10-08. p. 146. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  2. ^ a b c Cash, Kevin (1975). Who the hell is William Loeb?. Internet Archive. Manchester, N.H. ; Amoskeag Press. p. 256.
  3. ^ a b Freeman, Jo (2023-06-14). We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4616-4688-4.
  4. ^ a b Pulfer, Laura (1997-08-05). "Fifi, beloved street person, dead at 81". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  5. ^ a b ""Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency". Boswell News. Jan 23, 1964. p. 2.
  6. ^ The Pittsburgh Press. The Pittsburgh Press.
  7. ^ The Telegraph. The Telegraph.
  8. ^ Carmony, Donald F. (Donald Francis) (1966). Indiana: a self-appraisal. Internet Archive. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. p. 54.
  9. ^ "Indian princess plans to enter primary in NH". Evening Express. 1967-10-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  10. ^ Langley, Guy (1968-03-09). "Newsmen saw Nixon out front 'way back". Editor and Publisher. Vol. 101, no. 10. Internet Archive. Duncan McIntosh.
  11. ^ Lawrence, Keith (1983-04-21). "Fifi Rockefeller campaigns - by bus". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  12. ^ Wecker, David (1993-11-04). "Fifi the street legend knows she's a winner". The Cincinnati Post. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  13. ^ "Fifi Taft Rockefeller, proud of role as 'town character'". The Cincinnati Post. 1997-08-04. pp. 7, 33. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  14. ^ Wecker, David (1997-08-12). "Fifi outsmarted Harvard Law grad". The Cincinnati Post. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fay_Carpenter_Swain&diff=prev&oldid=1217125343

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