Category: Newsletter
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Growing Support to Change Park’s Name to Honor First Black Family in Rogers Park
“They’re an inspiration to all,” said Dona Vitale, treasurer of the historical society. “These accomplishments would be special…
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Meet Carole Simpson: Barrier-breaking Journalist
Carole Simpson was the first Black woman to anchor a major network newscast or as the three-time Emmy…
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Meet Susan F. King, Chicago Architect
Women do not play a bigger part in social housing, Susan said, but they do in the area…
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Losing Tim Black: A Personal Recollection
At the parties there were opportunities to talk . . . and to listen because, of course, Tim told…
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Alpha Suffrage Club Gets an Important Marker in Chicago
Founded in 1913 by Ida B. Wells-Barnett and several other suffragists in Chicago, the Alpha Suffrage Club played…
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Women Pioneers in Architecture
Several women with Chicago connections were entering the field of architecture long before it was common, or even…
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Remembering Richard Trumka
The death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, an influential and inspirational leader, is a huge loss not only…
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SEIU Strikes For Improved Working Conditions
At 6:00 am on June 25, 2021, the SEIU Local 73 representatives of Cook County workers took to…