Historical Encyclopedia of Chicago Women Project records, 1990-2001.

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Historical Encyclopedia of Chicago Women Project records, 1990-2001.

1990-2001

The records of the Historical Encyclopedia of Chicago Women Project consist of records generated in the compilation of Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary. The bulk of the collection consists of entry files -- records generated by individual entry authors which contain research materials regarding the subject -- and drafts of the encyclopedia entry. The collection also contains administrative files on authors who contributed to the dictionary and those whose work did not make the final publication. These personnel records are closed. Finally the collection contains pre-publication proofs.

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Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971

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Marita Bonner, an African American writer, composer, and educator, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on June 16, 1898, to Joseph Andrew and Mary Anne (Noel) Bonner. She attended Brookline High School where she wrote for the school's magazine The Sagamore; and Radcliffe College where she graduated in 1922 with a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature. While at Radcliffe Bonner commuted from Brookline since the college did not allow African American students to live on campus. As a Radcl...

Chicago Area Women's History Conference

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Historical Encyclopedia of Chicago Women Project.

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The Historical Encyclopedia of Chicago Women Project (1990-2001) was co-sponsored by the Chicago Area Women's History Conference (CAWHC), a non-profit organization that promotes and supports the study of women's history, and the Center for Research on Women and Gender (CRWG) at the University of Illnois at Chicago. In January 1990, CAWHC launched a project to produce a reference book on Chicago women. Jean S. Hunt, the president of CAWHC, and the CAWHC board appointed Rima Lunin Schultz, a CAWHC...

University of Illinois at Chicago. Center for Research on Women and Gender

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