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Ordinances to strengthen Chicago's fire code and new amendments to the Illinois state fire code were passed. The National Fire Protection Association estimated that about 68% of all U.S. communities inaugurated and completed fire safety improvements after the Our Lady of the Angels fire, one of which was an increased number of law-mandated fire ...
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Moroney went missing after her mother, a struggling 17-year-old mother of two, gave her to a stranger calling herself "Julia Otis" in exchange for $2 on the understanding that the woman would take care of the girl in California for a short time and then return her to the Moroneys' Chicago home when things were better.
Louise DeKoven Bowen (also Louise deKoven Bowen; [1] February 26, 1859 – November 9, 1953) was an American philanthropist, civic leader, social reformer, and suffragist. She was born to a wealthy family and raised with a strong sense of noblesse oblige. She made substantial financial donations to numerous organizations, raised funds from her ...
Dr. Fannie Emanuel c. 1907 Dr. Fannie Emanuel (1915) Dedication plaque in the lobby of the Chicago Housing Authority's Fannie Emanuel Apartments, 3916 West Washington Street, Chicago Dr. Fannie Hagen Emanuel (July 31, 1871 – March 31, 1934 [ 1 ] ) was an American medical doctor and civic leader active in Chicago over the early decades of the ...
James H. Bowen High School is a public four-year high school located in the South Chicago neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Bowen is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. From 1993 until 2011, Bowen was divided into four smaller schools. Today, the smaller schools have been re-consolidated back into ...
Christine Radogno, former Illinois State Senator; former Republican Minority Leader in the Illinois State Senate [46] Daniel J. Ronan, former U.S. Congressman [47] Dan Rostenkowski, former U.S. Congressman [48] Martin Sandoval, current Illinois State Senator [49] Ira Silverstein, current Illinois State Senator [50] James M. Slattery, former U.S ...
Fannie Barrier Williams, "After Many Days: A Christmas Story." In A Treasury of African-American Christmas Stories, ed. Bettye Collier-Thomas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. Originally published in The Colored American Magazine 6, no. 2 (December 1902): 140–153. Fannie Barrier Williams, The New Woman of Color: The Collected Writings ...