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The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
There is the Chicago River, which may bring some argument as to geographic restriction, but the impact of which was strongly lessened by the strict adherence to the Chicago grid across the river. Today, Chicago is going through a massive skyscraper building boom, with projects like 55 East Erie (the tallest residential building in the U.S ...
Zonia Baber collecting fossils at Mazon Creek, Illinois, as part of a Geology class in 1895 (University of Chicago Library) [2] Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber (August 24, 1862 – January 10, 1956) [ 3 ] was an American geographer and geologist best known for developing methods for teaching geography. [ 4 ]
Interior decoration included murals painted by Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low (Primitive Woman) and Mary Cassatt (Modern Woman). Cassatt was asked to paint a 58-foot × 12-foot mural for the north tympanum over the entrance to the Gallery of Honor, showcasing the advancement of women throughout history, called Modern Woman.
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
Keller’s goal is to help women and girls pursue careers in the fields of S.T.E.A.M., or science, technology, arts and math, and to overcome biases against women that often create obstacles in ...
The Women and Leadership Archives is an archives in Chicago, Illinois.Located on the Campus of Loyola University Chicago.Established in 1994, the Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) collects and makes available permanently valuable records of women and women's organizations, which document women's lives, roles, and contributions.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The building is on the List of Chicago Landmarks as of June 10, 1981. [1] [3] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912. [4]