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'''Francine "Fran" Youngstein''' is a candidate and member of the Libertarian National Committee from the 1970s. She was the first Libertarian candidate for Mayor of New York City, when she ran in 1973. | '''Francine "Fran" Youngstein''' is a candidate and member of the Libertarian National Committee from the 1970s. She was the first Libertarian candidate for Mayor of New York City, when she ran in 1973. | ||
==Biography== | |||
===Early life and career=== | |||
Youngstein was born on September 30, 1943 in New York City, a daughter of Henry Mathew and Renee (Hartblay) Librach. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathemetics degree. She worked as a systems analyst and engineer with IBM Corporation in New York City from 1964 to 1985. She worked there as a staff instructor 1964-1971), marketing support representative (1972-1975), advisory marketing representative (1975-1980), advisory systems engineer (1981-1982), and a senior systems engineer specialist (1982-1985). | |||
===Libertarian Party=== | |||
Youngstein was the Libertarian Party's first candidate for Mayor of New York City in the election of 1973. During the campaign, she appeared on "Educational Television", Channel 13, the PBS predecessor, in a discussion panel, along with several candidates for the office from the "left" leaning political spectrum. The established party candidates for the office did not take part in these particular broadcasts. | |||
==Political Campaigns== | ==Political Campaigns== | ||