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Fannie Barrier WilliamsFannie Barrier Williams was so significant a thinker that though almost no Black women were invited to lecture at the Chicago World’s Fair, she spoke…
National Council of Jewish WomenThe desire to be proudly Jewish + fully American animated the founding of the National Council of Jewish Women. The US Jewish pop. in the 1880s was…
More Chicago World's FairEvery one of this month’s cancelled conferences, lectures, performances combined wouldn’t be as big as the Chicago World’s Fair was in 1893. 600 women…
The White CityToday the Chicago World’s Fair is most familiar from true-crime bestseller “Devil in the White City.” The nickname referred to the white stucco that…
Chicago World's FairI wrote this piece for @JSTOR_Daily - but had to cut the suffrage connection! Enjoy some #IdaBWells brilliance tonight, and stay tuned for the…
500 years of women's workMy first surprise of the exhibit #500yearsofwomenswork @grolierclub today was that it was packed. About 100 people came to hear the…
Julia's sister, Dr. Mary BrittonMemphis in the 1880s was still rebuilding from the war and the yellow fever epidemics. It wasn’t a very big place. The two women discussed yesterday -…