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  2. Temperance Temple (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Temperance Temple (also known as Women's Temple or Woman's Temple) served as the headquarters of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). It was located in Chicago, Illinois at the southwest corner of LaSalle Street and Monroe Street, in the center of city's financial district.

  3. Category : Demolished buildings and structures in Chicago

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    Old Prentice Women's Hospital Building; Old University of Chicago; ... Temperance Temple (Chicago) Trude Building; U. United States Custom House, Court House, and ...

  4. Woman's Christian Temperance Union Administration Building

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    Many of its rooms were converted into office and dormitory space for WCTU officials. Here, the WCTU began to expand to other causes, including child welfare, labor reform, prison reform, women's suffrage, age of consent laws, and abstinence. The WCTU moved into an official headquarters building in Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, in 1890. [2]

  5. The Woman's Building (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The exhibits at the Woman's Building inspired Danish noblewoman, Sophie Oxholm, to organize a women's exhibition in Copenhagen, eventually resulting in the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition. [22] Buildings at world's fairs are often demolished when the event ends, and finding another home for them is rarely practical.

  6. Matilda Carse - Wikipedia

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    In 1885, she began planning for the Woman's Temperance Temple in the center of Chicago's financial district, the national headquarters of the WCTU. [7] [9] Known as the Temperance Temple, it was designed as a meeting place for the CCWCTU, after their agreement with the local YMCA was cancelled. Carse's vision for the building went far beyond a ...

  7. Women's program aims to combat violence in Chicago

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    Hamilton said that last year, 90 women in the area were killed by gun violence and nearly 500 more were shot. For those in the She Ro program, the community program is a step forward.

  8. A New Berlin man tried to build the city's first Hindu temple ...

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    The one-year building permit, which the temple and FHM Mechanical both signed on, expired in June this year, according to the City of New Berlin’s records. The permits cost Narayanan $4,485 ...

  9. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Since 2008, the mandir has celebrated International Women's Day by hosting an annual conference. The conference's aims include empowering women and fostering spiritual growth. A conference held on March 22, 2014 was themed ‘Lead from Within.’ The program illustrated that true leadership is rooted in a person's character, actions and ...