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Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Friday, May 17, 2024

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago was renamed The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

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A Chicago institution's most recent name change is the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, previously known as the "Rehabilitation Institute o...
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Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Museum of Science and Industry has been renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

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The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago In a move that will forever etch the name of a visionary philanthropist into the annals ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Fortnightly Club of Chicago, for Women, was founded in 1873.

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The Fortnightly Club of Chicago is a venerable and esteemed private women's club, founded in the year 1873 by Kate Newell Doggett  (1828...
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Thursday, January 11, 2024

The Tunnels of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Chicago, Illinois.

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NEIU HISTORY The University traces its history to Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State University), which, as Cook County Normal Scho...
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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, the first woman to head a medical division at a coeducational university, Loyola University Medical School.

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Born on March 26, 1863, Bertha Van Hoosen spent her early years on her parents' farm in Stony Creek Village, Michigan. Free to roam abou...
Friday, November 3, 2023

Jesse W. Fell was a successful businessman, advocate for education, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln.

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Jesse W. Fell played a significant role in the development of Illinois in the early 1800s. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on N...

The Newberry Library and Walter Loomis Newberry's History.

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Walter Loomis Newberry died on November 6, 1868, during a return trip from France for medical treatment. His bequest of $2.1 million ($46 mi...
Friday, August 11, 2023

The 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.

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The World's First Parliament of Religions was a historic interfaith gathering held in Chicago, Illinois, from September 11 to 27, 1893. ...
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Saturday, July 22, 2023

Abraham Lincoln's Plank on Education

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When Lincoln prepared his first circular to be distributed among the voters of Sangamon County, Illinois, in the summer of 1832, he worked a...
Monday, July 3, 2023

The "Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit," the Most Dangerous Toy in the World.

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Marshall Field & Co. State Street Store sold the U-238 , Christmas 1950,  as informed by a former Toy Dept. employee. The U-238 Atomic E...
Monday, April 3, 2023

The House of the Good Shepherd was Founded in 1859 in the Town of Lake View, Illinois.

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The Sisters of the Good Shepherd's original building was located on the West side on Price Place. In 1907 they moved to 1126 West Grace ...