Joan Heath Fortner papers, 1948-1981.

Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

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Tribune Company

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Fortner, Joan Heath

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Fortner, Joan Heath, 1932-

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Born 1932. Joan Heath Fortner was born Joan Irene Heath in 1932 to Mr. and Mrs. Norbert A. Heath. She is an alumna of Immaculata High School (1950), Mundelein College (1954, BFA), the New York Fashion Academy (1955), and Loyola University (1979, M.A. in Education). In 1947, at the age of 15, she became the youngest person ever to win the Chicago Tribune American Fashions Competition, a title she garnered for five consecutive years. She was the 1950 recipient of the Bishop O'Brien scholarship to ...

Illinois Arts Council

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In 1977 the Illinois Arts Council had the American Folklife Center assess and document the status of ethnic art traditions in more than twenty ethnic communities in Chicago. From the description of Illinois Arts Council records, 1977-1978. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 709915925 The Illinois Arts Council was created by General Assembly in 1965 to survey and assess needs of arts throughout state; identify existing legislation, policies and programs which affec...

Mundelein College

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Women's Catholic College established by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virigin Mary (BVMs) in 1930; merged with Loyola University Chicago in 1991; the final Mundelein graduation took place in 1993. Mundelein was the first self-contained skyscraper college for women in the world and the last four-year women's college in Illinois at the time of its affiliation with Loyola. The official groundbreaking for the school occured on November 1, 1929, just days after the stock market crashed. The b...