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The Prentice Women's Hospital and Maternity Center was a hospital on the Downtown Chicago campus of Northwestern University's Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the Streeterville district of Chicago's Near North Side. The hospital was replaced with the current new building of Prentice Women's Hospital adjacent to Lurie Children's Hospital.
It first follows the story of Scharene Miller, who was one of the last mothers to use the Maternity Center's home birthing services. The backdrop to this personal story is provided in the broader context of the rise of corporate medicine and the current barriers for the poor in accessing quality medical care. [ 2 ]
Richard Stanley Nickel (May 31, 1928 – April 13, 1972) was a Polish American architectural photographer and historical preservationist, who was based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and document the buildings of architect Louis Sullivan , and the work of the architecture firm of Adler & Sullivan.
Peter Kuttner is a Chicago filmmaker, activist, and cameraman.He is known for his early socially-conscious documentary films that touch on topics such as opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, gentrification of Chicago, racism, and social class.
Abramson's south side prints were first published by the Chicago-based music recording company Numero Group. [1] Their 2 LP/photography book package was entitled Light on the South (2009), and included over 100 of Abramson's South side photographs, along with two LPs of blues songs specifically selected to reflect what was likely playing on the jukeboxes in the clubs where Michael worked.
The Fortnightly of Chicago is a woman's club founded in Chicago in 1873 by Kate Newell Doggett. [1] It is the oldest women's association in Chicago. [2]Kate Newell Doggett served as the first president from 1873 through 1879.
Chicago Maternity Center Story, The: 1976: Gordon Quinn, Jerry Blumenthal: Gordon Quinn, Jerry Blumenthal Chicken People: 2016: Nicole Lucas Haimes: Chicken Ranch: 1983: Nick Broomfield and Sandi Sissel: Nick Broomfield Chicks in White Satin: 1993: Elaine Holliman: Jason Schneider Children of the Pyre: 2008: Rajesh S. Jala: Rajesh S. Jala ...
The Maternity Center Association (MCA) was founded in 1918 in New York City. [1] That year, Frances Perkins became the group's executive secretary. [2] The organization grew out of an effort by the Women's City Club of New York City, an organization of 2000 influential women, to reduce the extreme maternal and infant mortality rates in New York City and the United States at that time. [3]