Content deleted Content added
DaffodilOcean (talk | contribs) expanding lede a little Tag: Visual edit |
DaffodilOcean (talk | contribs) tidying up Tag: Visual edit |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
|other_names = Princess Running Waters St. Swain |
|other_names = Princess Running Waters St. Swain |
||
<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-10-08 |title=Indian princess eyes nomination for presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-indian-princess/144700356/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=146}}</ref> |
<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-10-08 |title=Indian princess eyes nomination for presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-indian-princess/144700356/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=146}}</ref> |
||
<br> |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Princess Running Water St. Swanee<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.org/details/pottstown-mercury-1967-10-20 |work=Pottstown Mercury |date=1967-10-20|title=New Hampshire Primary Draws Some Real Dark Horses}}</ref><br> |
|||
| ⚫ | Fifi Taft Rockefeller<ref name ="Freeman">{{Cite book |last=Freeman |first=Jo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrXz8X8lbdwC&dq=faye+carpenter+swain&pg=PA258 |title=We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States |date=2023-06-14 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4616-4688-4 |language=en|page=93}}</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | Fifi Taft Rockefeller<ref name ="Freeman">{{Cite book |last=Freeman |first=Jo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrXz8X8lbdwC&dq=faye+carpenter+swain&pg=PA258 |title=We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States |date=2023-06-14 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4616-4688-4 |language=en|page=93}}</ref><br> |
||
Mrs. Fay T. Carpenter-Swain<ref name=":0"/> |
|||
| image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> |
| image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> |
||
| caption = |
| caption = |
||
| Line 23: | Line 26: | ||
Swain was born Fay Darlene Turner<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Pulfer |first=Laura |date=1997-08-05 |title=Fifi, beloved street person, dead at 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-fifi-beloved-st/144703110/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |pages=11}}</ref> around 1916 in [[Clark County, Illinois]].<ref name=":0" /> She self-identified as being of [[Cherokee descent]].{{Cn|date=April 2024}} |
Swain was born Fay Darlene Turner<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Pulfer |first=Laura |date=1997-08-05 |title=Fifi, beloved street person, dead at 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-fifi-beloved-st/144703110/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |pages=11}}</ref> around 1916 in [[Clark County, Illinois]].<ref name=":0" /> She self-identified as being of [[Cherokee descent]].{{Cn|date=April 2024}} |
||
| ⚫ | Swain was a candidate in the [[1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries]] where she received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against [[capital punishment]] and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]],<ref>{{cite news |date=December 4, 1963 |title=Candidate (D) for vice president blows into state |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrkrAAAAIBAJ&dq=Fay+Carpenter+Swain&pg=PA13&article_id=3231,2894455 |publisher=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> and was quoted as indicating she was for equal rights for men.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-02-04 |title=Candidate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/144787538/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=Dayton Daily News |pages=21}}</ref> Swain hitchhiked in between campaign stops during her campaign.<ref name=":0" /> She was was known for throwing jelly beans at reporters during the primary season,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carmony |first=Donald F. (Donald Francis) |url=http://archive.org/details/indianaselfappra00carm |title=Indiana: a self-appraisal |date=1966 |publisher=Bloomington, Indiana University Press |others=Internet Archive |pages=54}}</ref> and for gathering signatures from people who signed documents as a means to "get rid of [her]".<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-05-04 |title=In Indiana, everybody runs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-in-indiana-everybody/144787672/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=Dayton Daily News |pages=20}}</ref> |
||
In 1963 she lived in [[Greenhills, Ohio]] when she was investigating how to get her name on the ballot for the New Hampshire vice presidential ticket.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tUiAAAAIBAJ&dq=Fay+Carpenter+Swain&pg=PA15&article_id=3043,1932696 |title=The Pittsburgh Press |publisher=The Pittsburgh Press |language=en}}</ref> |
|||
| ⚫ | In 1967 she entered the New Hampshire primary as a peace candidate in the Democratic party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-10-06 |title=Indian princess plans to enter primary in NH |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-indian-princess-plans-to/144700745/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=Evening Express |pages=3}}</ref> Her first appearance at the New Hampshire primary was with the name Princess St. Swanee Running Water,<ref name="Loeb" />{{Rp|page=254}} but when she returned to enter the primary she was told she would have to use her name Faye Carpenter Swain.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYdjAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22Fay+Carpenter+Swain%22&article_id=4436,3428343&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDou2d8rCFAxXFEFkFHfGLBEYQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain%22&f=false |title=Stark rejects Indian girl as nominee |date=February 1, 1968 |publisher=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Loeb" />{{Rp|page=256}} Her participation in the New Hampshire primary was later discussed as a publicity stunt.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langley |first=Guy |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1968-03-09_101_10 |work=Editor and Publisher |title=Newsmen saw Nixon out front 'way back|date=1968-03-09 |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |others=Internet Archive |volume=101 |language=English |issue=10}}</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | Swain was a candidate in the [[1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries]] where she received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against [[capital punishment]] and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]],<ref>{{cite |
||
| ⚫ | In 1967 she entered the New Hampshire primary as a peace candidate in the Democratic party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-10-06 |title=Indian princess plans to enter primary in NH |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-indian-princess-plans-to/144700745/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=Evening Express |pages=3}}</ref> Her first appearance at the New Hampshire primary was with the name Princess St. Swanee Running Water,<ref name="Loeb" />{{Rp|page=254}} but when she returned to enter the primary she was told she would have to use her name Faye Carpenter Swain.<ref name="Loeb" />{{Rp|page=256}} Her participation in the New Hampshire primary was later discussed as a publicity stunt.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langley |first=Guy |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1968-03-09_101_10 |work=Editor and Publisher |title=Newsmen saw Nixon out front 'way back|date=1968-03-09 |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |others=Internet Archive |volume=101 |language=English |issue=10}}</ref> |
||
She received 2305 votes in the 1976 Kentucky Democratic primary,<ref name = "Freeman" /> where she was noted for her campaign attire which included a gold lame skirt.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-05-30 |title=Better late than...well, report still has a few bugs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-better-late-than/144787860/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=The Indianapolis Star |pages=26}}</ref> In 1983 she campaigned for governor of Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Keith |date=1983-04-21 |title=Fifi Rockefeller campaigns - by bus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-fifi-rockefeller-camp/144704119/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=Messenger-Inquirer |pages=17}}</ref> |
She received 2305 votes in the 1976 Kentucky Democratic primary,<ref name = "Freeman" /> where she was noted for her campaign attire which included a gold lame skirt.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-05-30 |title=Better late than...well, report still has a few bugs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-better-late-than/144787860/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=The Indianapolis Star |pages=26}}</ref> In 1983 she campaigned for governor of Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Keith |date=1983-04-21 |title=Fifi Rockefeller campaigns - by bus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-fifi-rockefeller-camp/144704119/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=Messenger-Inquirer |pages=17}}</ref> |
||
| Line 34: | Line 35: | ||
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a [[World War I]] veteran.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=Jan 23, 1964 |title="Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boswell-news/144789467/ |publisher=Boswell News |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref> |
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a [[World War I]] veteran.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=Jan 23, 1964 |title="Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boswell-news/144789467/ |publisher=Boswell News |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref> |
||
In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as |
In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as a character<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winternitz |first=Felix |url=http://archive.org/details/cincinnati0000wint |title=Cincinnati |date=2000 |publisher=Helena, MT : Falcon Pub. |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-57380-111-9 |pages=367}}</ref> 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 described herself as a "town character of Cincinnati", and she enjoyed watching court trials,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freeman |first=Jo |url=http://archive.org/details/wewillbeheardwom0000free |title=We will be heard : women's struggles for political power in the United States |date=2008 |publisher=Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7425-5607-2 |pages=93}}</ref> where she cheered for [[Marvin L. Warner]] during a court case in which Warner was accused of fraud.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maggin |first=Donald L. |url=http://archive.org/details/bankersbuildersk0000magg |title=Bankers, builders, knaves, and thieves : the $300 million scam at ESM |date=1989 |publisher=Chicago : Contemporary Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8092-4547-5 |pages=220}}</ref> Locally she was known for helping people who had been jailed for excessive drinking.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pulfer |first=Laura |url=http://archive.org/details/ibegtodifferpoli0000pulf |title=I beg to differ : politically incorrect, proudly Midwestern, potentially funny |date=1998 |publisher=Wilmington, Ohio : Orange Frazer Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-882203-24-6 |pages=7-8}}</ref> |
||
She had breast cancer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wecker |first=David |url=http://archive.org/details/squarepegsstorie0000weck |title=Square pegs : stories about everything and nothing |date=2014 |publisher=[Place of publication not identified] : BrandFlick |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-615-94752-5 |pages=233-236}}</ref> and 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> whereupon the [[The Cincinnati Post]] published a story about some of more unusual activities over the years.<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> |
She had breast cancer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wecker |first=David |url=http://archive.org/details/squarepegsstorie0000weck |title=Square pegs : stories about everything and nothing |date=2014 |publisher=[Place of publication not identified] : BrandFlick |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-615-94752-5 |pages=233-236}}</ref> and 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> whereupon the [[The Cincinnati Post]] published a story about some of more unusual activities over the years.<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> |
||
Revision as of 20:15, 7 April 2024
Fay Carpenter Swain | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Princess Running Waters St. Swain
[1]
|
Fay Carpenter Swain was a candidate for president or vice president in multiple primaries in the period spanning 1964 to 1976. She was also known as a unique character, particularly in the later years of her life in Cincinnati.
.Early life
Swain was born Fay Darlene Turner[6] around 1916 in Clark County, Illinois.[5] She self-identified as being of Cherokee descent.[citation needed]
Swain was a candidate in the 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries where she received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against capital punishment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[7] and was quoted as indicating she was for equal rights for men.[8] Swain hitchhiked in between campaign stops during her campaign.[5] She was was known for throwing jelly beans at reporters during the primary season,[9] and for gathering signatures from people who signed documents as a means to "get rid of [her]".[10]
In 1967 she entered the New Hampshire primary as a peace candidate in the Democratic party.[11] Her first appearance at the New Hampshire primary was with the name Princess St. Swanee Running Water,[3]: 254 but when she returned to enter the primary she was told she would have to use her name Faye Carpenter Swain.[12][3]: 256 Her participation in the New Hampshire primary was later discussed as a publicity stunt.[13]
She received 2305 votes in the 1976 Kentucky Democratic primary,[4] where she was noted for her campaign attire which included a gold lame skirt.[14] In 1983 she campaigned for governor of Kentucky.[15]
Personal life
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a World War I veteran.[5]
In her late 70s she lived in Cinncinati and was known as a character[16] who was "larger than life".[17] She described herself as a "town character of Cincinnati", and she enjoyed watching court trials,[18] where she cheered for Marvin L. Warner during a court case in which Warner was accused of fraud.[19] Locally she was known for helping people who had been jailed for excessive drinking.[20]
She had breast cancer[21] and she died in 1997,[6][22] whereupon the The Cincinnati Post published a story about some of more unusual activities over the years.[23]
References
- ^ "Indian princess eyes nomination for presidency". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1967-10-08. p. 146. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ "New Hampshire Primary Draws Some Real Dark Horses". Pottstown Mercury. 1967-10-20.
- ^ a b c Cash, Kevin (1975). Who the hell is William Loeb?. Internet Archive. Manchester, N.H. ; Amoskeag Press. p. 256.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d ""Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency". Boswell News. Jan 23, 1964. p. 2.
- ^ a b Pulfer, Laura (1997-08-05). "Fifi, beloved street person, dead at 81". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ "Candidate (D) for vice president blows into state". The Telegraph. December 4, 1963.
- ^ "Candidate". Dayton Daily News. 1964-02-04. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Carmony, Donald F. (Donald Francis) (1966). Indiana: a self-appraisal. Internet Archive. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. p. 54.
- ^ "In Indiana, everybody runs". Dayton Daily News. 1964-05-04. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Indian princess plans to enter primary in NH". Evening Express. 1967-10-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Stark rejects Indian girl as nominee. The Telegraph. February 1, 1968.
- ^ Langley, Guy (1968-03-09). "Newsmen saw Nixon out front 'way back". Editor and Publisher. Vol. 101, no. 10. Internet Archive. Duncan McIntosh.
- ^ "Better late than...well, report still has a few bugs". The Indianapolis Star. 1976-05-30. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Lawrence, Keith (1983-04-21). "Fifi Rockefeller campaigns - by bus". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Winternitz, Felix (2000). Cincinnati. Internet Archive. Helena, MT : Falcon Pub. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-57380-111-9.
- ^ Wecker, David (1993-11-04). "Fifi the street legend knows she's a winner". The Cincinnati Post. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Freeman, Jo (2008). We will be heard : women's struggles for political power in the United States. Internet Archive. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7425-5607-2.
- ^ Maggin, Donald L. (1989). Bankers, builders, knaves, and thieves : the $300 million scam at ESM. Internet Archive. Chicago : Contemporary Books. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-8092-4547-5.
- ^ Pulfer, Laura (1998). I beg to differ : politically incorrect, proudly Midwestern, potentially funny. Internet Archive. Wilmington, Ohio : Orange Frazer Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-1-882203-24-6.
- ^ Wecker, David (2014). Square pegs : stories about everything and nothing. Internet Archive. [Place of publication not identified] : BrandFlick. pp. 233–236. ISBN 978-0-615-94752-5.
- ^ "Fifi Taft Rockefeller, proud of role as 'town character'". The Cincinnati Post. 1997-08-04. pp. 7, 33. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Wecker, David (1997-08-12). "Fifi outsmarted Harvard Law grad". The Cincinnati Post. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2024-04-03.