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Chicago Political Equality League, Maureen A. Flanagan(
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) ...Chicago Political Equality League...
...to vote. In 1912, it formed alliances with the Chicago Women's Trade Union League and middle-class...
...put a municipal suffrage advisory ballot before Chicago male voters. This referendum failed, but the...
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Chicago Botanic Garden, Sarah Fenton(
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) ...Chicago Botanic Garden...
...Garden opened to the public later that year. Its choice of exhibits makes the Chicago Botanic Garden...
...an archetypal Chicago institution: while preserving a peculiarly Midwestern flavor, it has also...
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Chicago City Ballet, Nancy G. Moore(
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) ...Chicago City Ballet...
...Maria. ” Paschen withdrew his support in October, and the Chicago City Ballet was forced to disband....
...of the New York City Ballet, founded the Chicago City Ballet in 1974 in order to provide the city...
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Chicago Chinese News, Mary Ting Yi Lui(
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) ...Chicago Chinese News...
...passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, however, Chicago Chinese News serves as an excellent example of...
...Chicago Chinese News began publishing in 1991 under the name Chicago Chinese Times. In 1998, the...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mark Clague(
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) ...Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
...Music Student Orchestra (now the Civic Orchestra of Chicago), a unique training ensemble intended to...
...overcome the city's rough-hewn image and place Chicago onto the world's cultural stage. After over...
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Chicago Hebrew Institute, Linda J. Borish(
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) ...Chicago Hebrew Institute...
...Institute served as a major community center for Chicago Jewry and gained national recognition with...
...Organized in 1903 on the Near West Side of Chicago to promote the moral, physical, religious, and...
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Chicago State University, Magne B. Olson(
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) ...Chicago State University...
...more than 9,000 students, mostly from the city of Chicago. African Americans have become the largest...
...it could no longer finance the school, the Chicago Board of Education took over what was renamed the...
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Chicago Community Trust, Jane Preston(
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) ...Chicago Community Trust...
...reaching over $1 billion in 2000, placing the Chicago Community Trust as the fourth largest among...
...The Chicago Community Trust has played a central role in encouraging and managing philanthropy in...
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Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Christopher Popa(
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) ...Chicago Jazz Ensemble...
...In 1965, William Russo organized the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, performing to critical acclaim for three...
...quartercentury. Under auspices of Columbia College Chicago , Russo successfully revived the group in...
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Chicago Sun-Times, Jon Bekken(
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) ...Chicago Sun-Times...
...Although the Chicago Sun-Times was launched in February...
...1948 through the merger of the morning Chicago Sun and the evening Times, it is in a sense the...
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Diana Haskell(
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) ...Hubbard Street Dance Chicago...
...company name to reflect its close ties with Chicago, where in 1998 he opened a large new facility...
...dancer and choreographer. He settled in Chicago in 1972 and opened the Lou Conte Dance Studio on...
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Schwegel(
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) ...Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra...
...of parents formed the Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago in 1946 with the founding principle of...
...drawn from around 50 area high schools, the Chicago Youth Concert Orchestra, a training ensemble,...
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Chicago Transit Authority, David M. Young(
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) ...Chicago Transit Authority...
...In 1997, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was the second-largest transit system in the United...
...a year (1997). The CTA was created in 1945. Chicago's elevated and street railway companies were...
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Chicago Conspiracy Trial, John Schultz(
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) ...Chicago Conspiracy Trial...
...the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Judge Julius Hoffman ruled that “the substance...
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Chicago River, Charles Nilon(
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) ...Chicago River...
...Reclamation District was designed to divert all stormwater runoff from the Chicago River System....
...In 1992 the Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project was initiated to assess the ecological condition of...
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South Chicago, David Bensman(
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) ...South Chicago...
...at the mouth of the Calumet River , South Chicago first evolved as a rural settlement for fishermen...
...established St. Patrick's parish in 1857. South Chicago's location at the intersection of river and...
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Chicago's Mythical French Fort, Winstanley Briggs(
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) ...Chicago's Mythical French Fort...
...miles by six miles around the mouth of the Chicago River, the representatives of the United States,...
...none of whom had ever been to Chicago, also demanded in addition the “French fort. ” The Indians...
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Chicago Ridge, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Chicago Ridge, IL...
...Cemetery . After Oak Lawn incorporated in 1909, Chicago Ridge and Worth both considered the move. An...
...elected and accountable officials. Both Chicago Ridge and Worth incorporated in 1914. Chicago Ridge...
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Chicago Historical Society, Michael H. Ebner(
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) ...Chicago Historical Society...
...itself to documenting and interpreting Chicago's diverse populations. New initiatives—studying the...
...emphasizing its function as a history museum rooted in its transformed Chicago history galleries....
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Chicago Heights, IL, Dominic Candeloro(
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) ...Chicago Heights, IL...
...Cook County, 26 miles S of the Loop. Chicago Heights is located six miles from the Indiana border at...
...rural community. In the early 1890s a group of Chicago developers led by Charles Wacker determined...
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