Alexis Jakes
Alexis Jakes is a Dark Berrian politican who was born in 1679 in Grapeseed in the Dark Berry Islands. After fleeing to Ergo Sum in Lac Glacei following the outbreak of the Dark Berry Islands civil war, she befriended Sofia Fasthey and became politically engaged in the Sofian cause, eventually becoming a councillor in the Council of Women.
Jakes left Mountainview Bay with her younger brother Isaac, who eventually joined the Sofian cause and died after being shot by Oswinian forces.
Jakes is seen more as a bureaucrat, who works long hours away from the public eye, though her work ethic is often cited by the media as an important reason as to why the Council is so effective.
Although Jakes is much more fashionable than the other members of the council, often wearing stylish clothes and wearing make-up to meetings, she rejects any suggestion that she is a fashion icon, retorting that she wears what she does as she feels most comfortable in such outfits, compared to the more formal dress codes adhered to by her colleagues, although it has been suggested that in doing so has allowed her to serve as a spy as she often attains access to the elite high society parties that her political peers are unwelcome to be seen at.
She married businessman Connor Heughlard in 1712, who had made a significant amount of money importing food from Lac Glacei.
During her 15 years on the council, Jakes was seen as a "woman of the people", mainly focusing and championing social issues. However, following the birth of her son Isaac in 1716, Jakes announced her resignation from the council, which took effect in 1719. She was replaced by Ebeni Burton, who became the first non-Sofian to serve on the Council of Women.
Jakes gave birth to a daughter, Michelle, in 1719, and a second son, Riley, in 1721 at the age of 42.
In 1727, she took up a position as a professor of democratic political leadership at the School of the High Inquisitor of Tiegang in the International Mandate after 8 years out of public life at the age of 48. Her son Isaac had started at the school in 1725, and she had been eager to accept a teaching post at the school in order to spend more time with him and unify her family.
At the age of 52 in 1631, Jakes was promoted to the position of High Inquisitor of the school, replacing the retiring Joseph Hand.
