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  2. Sophia Hayden - Wikipedia

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    MIT. Known for. Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. Scientific career. Fields. Architecture. Sophia Hayden (October 17, 1868 – February 3, 1953) was an American architect and first female graduate of the four-year program [1] in architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  3. Judy Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, [3] and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture. During the 1970s, Chicago founded the first feminist art program in the United ...

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

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    Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893. The Woman's Building was designed and built in June 1892, for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893; under the auspices of the Board of Lady Managers. [1] Out of the twelve main buildings for the Exhibition, the Woman's Building was the first to be completed. [2]

  5. Demographics of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Chicago in 2021. Population. 2,665,039 (2022 est.) [1] The demographics of Chicago show that it is a large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of ...

  6. Chicago (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of ...

  7. Alyssa Naeher - Wikipedia

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    Alyssa Naeher. Alyssa Michele Naeher (/ nɛər / NAIR; [2][3] born April 20, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

  8. List of people from Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Adducci. Aug 14, 1937. Sep 19, 2006. A pioneer of the medical device industry; founder of Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., which manufactured the world's first lithium battery-powered artificial pacemaker. Born in Chicago. Bob Bernard.

  9. Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia

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    Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, Earhart embraced celebrity culture and women's rights ...