Sister Ann was born in Jackson, Michigan in 1933 and grew up in rural Scio Township outside of Ann Arbor where she attended public schools.
In the general election, she triumphed easily over Republican candidate Gordon Darr, a Scio Township Trustee, and Green Party candidate Elliott Smith.
The first suggests it derives from the Greek island of Chios, and the second that it was named after Scio, New York, although that town was also named for Chios.
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Eugène Delacroix's 1824 painting The Massacre at Chios and numerous publications brought the Greek cause to the attention of Americans.
The Sunward site was discovered in July 1995 on the edge of Ann Arbor in Scio Township.
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