In a way. Her dad had a city job with the municipal water system, was a union rep and a minor ward boss.
She grew up in a two-story house right by the South Shore Country Club.
Her mother worked as an administrative assistant in a bank and was married to her father for 31 years, until his death.
Her family was a very comfortable, politically-connected middle class family with both parents married to one another and living under one roof - a roof located in a safe, prosperous bedroom community.
So her experience was atypical for the classic "real" South Side Chicago experience.
“So her experience was atypical for the classic “real” South Side Chicago experience.”
Yes.