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The World of Juliette Kinzie, Chicago Before the Fire, by Dr. Ann Durkin Keating - Book Launch

  • Chicago Women's History Center, 2109 N. Humboldt Blvd, Chicago, IL. (map)

Dr. Ann Durkin Keating will present her new book on Juliette Kinzie, one of Chicago's forgotten founders. Kinzie was a resident of the city from 1834 to 1870 when she died, one year before the great fire. Early Chicago is often presented as "a man's city," but women like Juliette worked to create an urban and urbane world, often within their own parlors. With The World of Juliette Kinzie, we finally get to experience the rise of Chicago from the view of one if its most important founding mothers. A reception with refreshments will follow.

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