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Showing posts with label Women of Influence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women of Influence. Show all posts
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons: A Force in the Fight for a Better World.

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On March 7, 1942, fire engulfed the simple home of 91-year-old Lucy Gonzales Parsons at 3130 North Troy Street. It ended  a life dedicated t...
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, September 8, 2023

Emma C. Kennett was a female architect and real estate developer in Chicago. (1885-1960)

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Between 1910 and 1920, there was an apartment building boom  in the Rogers Park Community of Chicago . Many of the spacious apartments in bu...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Albert D. J. Cashier (1843–1915), born Jennie Irene Hodgers, served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

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In historical writing and analysis, PRESENTISM introduces present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the pas...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Mary Todd Lincoln's Life, a Timeline Summary, (1818-1882).

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1818 On December 13, Mary Ann Todd was born in Lexington, Kentucky. She was often called Molly. Her parents, Eliza and Robert Smith Todd wer...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The Adolf R. Harseim Merchandise Store, Secor, Illinois, and famous resident Wilhelmina "Minnie" Vautrin.

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Secor, Illinois, was named after Charles A. Secor, a partner in the engineering firm that laid out the eastern branch of the Peoria & Oq...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The Disappearance of Candy Lady, Helen Vorhees Brach, Unwrapped.

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The name "Brach" conjures up thoughts of candy corn, caramels, chocolates, and various other delicious bagged confections and hard...