Cynthia Jenkins

Cynthia Jenkins (July 21, 1924 – October 31, 2001) was an American librarian, community activist and politician from New York.

She was born Essie Cynthia Burnley on July 21, 1924, in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Stephen Alexander Burnley and Maymie McGill Young Burnley. The family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where she attended school. She graduated B.A. from Louisville Municipal College. On April 17, 1949, she married Joseph D. Jenkins (1921–2011), a World War II U.S. Army veteran and insurance broker. Their only child was the Rev. Joseph D. Jenkins Jr. They lived in Springfield Gardens, Queens.

She graduated M.S. in Library science from Pratt Institute in 1966, and did post-graduate studies at Columbia University. She worked as a librarian in the public library system in Queens, and at times lectured at LaGuardia Community College and CUNY York College.

She entered politics as a Democrat, and was a delegate to the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Democratic National Conventions. She was a member of the New York State Assembly (29th D.) from 1983 to 1994, sitting in the 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th and 190th New York State Legislatures. In 1994, she ran for re-nomination, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by William Scarborough.

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