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after the bridge | September 4th 2008
got this over at the group news blog, great place.from the Obama Campaign, I'd say they are on it...Both Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin specifically mocked Barack's experience as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago more than two decades read more
Michelle Obama
Mr OBAMA | September 2nd 2008 by nancy
The wife of Republican Candidate Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama is her own success story. Listed in 2006 among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women" by Essence magazine, she followed up in 2007 with Vanity Fair magazine nominating her as one read more
Monogram Canvas
Louis Vuitton Addicted | August 31st 2008
A symbol of Louis Vuitton since 1896, the Monogram canvas was created by the son of Louis Vuitton, George Vuitton. He began a campaign to build the company into a worldwide corporation, exhibiting the company's products at the Chicago World's Fair in read more
Reaction to McCain's V-P Pick Around the Media
Howling Latina | August 30th 2008
"With VP Pick, McCain Reclaims Maverick Image," writes Washington Post. "An All-Out Battle for Women's Votes Begins," opines Juliet Eilperin and Anne Kornblut also with Washington Post."Obama & Co. must take high road on Palin," warns Chicago Sun read more
Ill. Nat'l Organization of Women chief calls for Emil Jones to re…
Marathon Pundit | August 25th 2008
Outgoing Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. has gotten the Democratic National Convention off to a bad start. As I blogged this morning, Jones called Delmarie Cobb, a Hillary Clinton delegate from Chicago. an Uncle Tom. Jones, a mentor o read more
Jihadwatch, Spencer and De Paul
AmericanJihad | August 22nd 2008
Jihadwatch, Spencer and Chicago’s De Paulby George M Weinert VChicago, IL Saturday, August 16, 2008I’m glad to hear that Islamofascism Week III will include another appearance at De Paul University, my alma mater. Since the appearance last year I read more
Summertime...and The Livin' Is Easy...
Life Is A Tri | August 19th 2008 by Life Is A Tri
Aren't you, like, TOTALLY bored by talk about the weather? Well tough beans cuz, wow, the Great Suburban Outback's been invaded by one gentle front after another of perfect late-summer weather. 70s by day, 50s at night, light winds, sunny skies. read more
Children of the Gold
Nodin's Nest | August 8th 2008 by Nodin's Nest
Photo courtesy of Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. With today marking the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China, I thought about the children of the Olympics.Those young men and women who competed and won the gold.Probably the read more
Kim Ng Serious Contender for GM
The Minority Militant | July 9th 2008
On a good note, I find it fascinating that Kim Ng of the LA Dodgers has been considered a serious contender for General Manager. She's already been interviewed and has the backing of the Dodgers fans, who are second-to-none only to the Chicago Cubs. read more
Belly Dancing History for Beginners
Yoga Help & Meditation | June 12th 2008
By Charlie ReeseThe Complex History of Belly Dancing While no one is certain where or when belly dancing originated, it is known that belly dancing history covers many centuries and various places. As far as historians can discern, throughout the y read more
The Best Belly Dancing History
For Plus Size Women Only | June 12th 2008 by Joy Adams
By Charlie ReeseThe Complex History of Belly Dancing While no one is certain where or when belly dancing originated, it is known that belly dancing history covers many centuries and various places. As far as historians can discern, throughout the y read more
R Kelly witness extortion claim
Focus | June 6th 2008 by Taufik Arief W
A key witness in the R Kelly child pornography trial attempted to extort money from the singer, a court in Chicago has heard.Private Investigator Jack Palladino said the woman and her fiance used "coded language" to request a pay-off in return for ch read more
Belly Dancing History
For Plus Size Women Only | June 6th 2008 by Joy Adams
By Charlie ReeseThe Complex History of Belly Dancing While no one is certain where or when belly dancing originated, it is known that belly dancing history covers many centuries and various places. As far as historians can discern, throughout the y read more
Belly Dancing History
Yoga Help & Meditation | June 6th 2008
By Charlie ReeseThe Complex History of Belly Dancing While no one is certain where or when belly dancing originated, it is known that belly dancing history covers many centuries and various places. As far as historians can discern, throughout the y read more
The Delphian Course
Collectors' Quest | June 1st 2008 by Martin Mateev
Flowing on the same wave as the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, education for women was a prominent ideal and goal for a modern U.S.A. among progressives. The Delphian Society was formed in Chicago around 1910 to promote educat read more
Those From Football Who Served America
End Zone Buzz | May 26th 2008 by Kyle
© Dennys Bisogno Happy Memorial Day to all, as we take today to celebrate the lives of our country's servicemen and women. And so today seems like an appropriate time to recognize that football has a long history of those associated with the ga read more
Money for Native American Women in the Humanities
Free Government GRant Money information|Women Scholarship | May 4th 2008 by wanita
Open to women of Native American heritage who are pursuing academic programs at the graduate level in the humanities or social sciences. Contact D'arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History, Attn: Cynthia Soto, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 6 read more
SCREAMING QUEENS CHICAGO PREMIER MAY 4th & Lecture on the 8th
The best of gay Chicago | May 1st 2008 by derrick sorles
THURSDAY MAY 8th - OUT AT CHM presents SCREAMING QUEENS and Lavender Panthers: A History of Transgender ActivismActivist and expert Susan Stryker looks at the history of transgender activism in Chicago and throughout the nation. Coc read more
Love on Halsted - Was Jane Addams A Lesbian?
The best of gay Chicago | April 28th 2008 by derrick sorles
Louise W. Knight, author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy will headline a panel, entitled “Love on Halsted Street.” At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., - Free and op read more
The Work of Chicago Historian - Bessie Louise Pierce
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | March 24th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
This has to be a quick post today...Bessie Louise Pierce (1888-1974)was one of Chicago's great academic women and a pioneer in urban history. While Pierce had many academic accomplishments, she is primarily known for her four volumes on Chicago hist read more
Women's History : ART Making
foxy art studio | March 18th 2008 by aurora
I woke up this morning and remembered an idea that came to me in the middle of the night--I should blog about women artists for women's history month-- and so I have decided to highlight some of my favorite art history books --- the ones that are abo read more
The M's - Future Women
mp3hugger | March 12th 2008
Thems a good band, thems are. Oh sorry, forgot I’d been to school for a few years. The M’s are from Chicago and did what most respectable indie bands were doing in the early/mid section of this decade by having a tune on an episode of the OC. It read more
CHICAGO HISTORY: Walking With Women Through Chicago History
The Pen & The Spindle | March 10th 2008 by Heather Vallance
CHICAGO HISTORY: Walking With Women Through Chicago History read more
Walking With Women Through Chicago History
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | March 7th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
There are Chicago guidebooks galore, but only two, that I'm aware of, focus on Chicago women's history.Walking with Women Through Chicago History: 4 Self-Guided Tours by Marilyn A. Domer, Jean S. Hunt, Mary Ann Johnson, Adade M. Wheeler, and edited b read more
A Life of Strength and Conviction: Ida B. Wells
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | March 6th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Crusader for Justice is profiled on Scandalous Women. Wells was a great Chicago woman, social advocate, writer, editor and teacher, and I can't think of a better way to kick of Women's History Month. "Long before Rosa Parks refu read more
Celebrating Chicago's Women
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | March 5th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
March is Women's History Month (International Women's Day is March 8th), and I would be remiss if I didn't provide resources on some of the great women in Chicago's history. Periodically during the month I'll be posting short biographies of some not read more
The Life and Lessons of Dorothy Day
Whole Living on a Budget | March 3rd 2008 by Heather
"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"-Dorothy DayIn 1987, Congress declared March as Women's History month to celebrate the contributions of women th read more
Celebrate...
Little YellowBird | March 3rd 2008 by jo
image from square america In celebration of women's history month...This week I have work in 3 different openings, literally across the country.The work is this and this and this..So if you are in the area of any of these shows, please stop by: Chi read more
Chicago History Takes a Break
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | February 26th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
I won't be posting for the next week or so while I catch up on my school assignments. The quarter at DePaul ends March 19th, and I have a paper to finish and two more projects to begin for the Spring quarter. Earning a college degree has been numero read more
Illinois Periodicals Online a Great Teaching and Learning Tool of…
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | February 16th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
Illinois Periodicals Online is a large digital imaging project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, Illinois. Subjects covered include the arts, recreation, politics, commerce, biography, civics, genealogy, education, history, envir read more