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Collection: "Promote the General Well-Being of Society" - Social Activism

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Woman's Committee of the World's Congress Auxiliary on Weeklies and Magazines

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When the World’s Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893, a World’s Congress Auxiliary was formed to manage the exposition. Many committees and subcommittees were formed to overview all potential gatherings within the city. One of the…

Tags: Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900, Ill.), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago

Women's War Work in Illinois in the Civil War

This page from a 1960 book on Illinois in the Civil War contains much of what we know about Myra Bradwell during the nation's bloodiest conflict. Bradwell is listed with about a dozen other women who served their state on the home-front during the…

Tags: American Civil War, Illinois / History

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