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Beginning in 1889, activist women in Chicago lobbied to make their city the site of the world's fair of 1892. They also petitioned for an official place for women in the planning and exhibitions at the fair. Led by Emma Gilson Wallace, they suggested forming a "Women's Department for the Fair". [3]
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
She was one of four children. She graduated with a degree in sociology from Talladega College in 1938. During college, Johnson joined Delta Sigma Theta. [3] Johnson met her future husband, John H. Johnson, in 1940 while she was attending Loyola University Chicago and was married after she earned her master's degree the following year. [4]
Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College" until 1981; It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System. The college ceased operations at the completion of the Spring 2018 semester, citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment. Daniel Payne College
Women Employed's first major public event, attended by over 200 women, was a meeting of 26 of Chicago's leading corporations to discuss fair employment policies for women. [3] In its first year, WE published Working Women in the Loop – Underpaid, Undervalued , an investigation that used 1970 U.S. Census data on wages and employment patterns ...
National Career Fairs is a company founded in 2001 [citation needed] by Scott Lobenberg to produce job fairs in cities across the United States. The events are a place where jobseekers meet face-to-face with employers, educational institutions , and professional résumé writers.
Reading Room of the Chicago Woman's Club. The Chicago Woman's Club was first formed in 1876, [2] [12] on May 17. [13] In 1885, the club incorporated, [14] and changed the name officially to the Chicago Woman's Club. [2] The founder of the group was Caroline Brown, who suggested to friends that they form a group in order to socialize and ...
The Fair Women: the Story of the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893. Chicago, Ill: Academy Chicago, 1981. ISBN 978-0-89733-025-1. Online Resource - Photo Source. Alden, Henry M. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. New York: Harper & Bros, 1850. Internet resource. OCLC 1641392 Sophia G. Hayden at Hathi Trust.