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Iconic pilot and feminist Amelia Earhart's message that women should get involved in flying was always loud and clear. The Ninety-Nines provided a platform for female aviators to revel in their joy of flying.
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Images of fatherhood and fathers have brought larger-than-life power brokers and celebrities back to earth for the Tribune’s readers. And everyday dads have gotten their due, too.
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The American Negro Exposition in 1940 was black America's rebuttal to the myths the 1933 World's Fair perpetuated. But the ostensibly supportive white establishment watered down the message.
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The father of Chicago's criminal syndicate, Big Jim Colosimo, was struck down by an assailant's gun in his eponymously named cafe 100 years ago. Did his second wife — or his first — plot his demise? Did his lieutenant call on an up-and-comer by the name of Al Capone to perform the hit?
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Family and friends share photos and remembrances of their loved ones killed in the May 25, 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191 just north of O'Hare International Airport.
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The Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium brought wonder to Chicago.
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Whoever dubbed baseball “our national pastime” was clairvoyant. The loyalty of professional baseball’s fans has survived five strikes and three lockouts, plus seasons interrupted by war, an earthquake, 9/11 and a World Series vetoed by a “Little Napoleon.”
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Society’s rules at the turn of the 20th century generally kept women on the sidelines for athletic activities, but one sport helped women break onto the field and crack the gender barrier: field hockey.
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Flashback: Illinois woman’s search for revolution ended in death in the notorious Weathermen bombing
The story of the Weathermen and the accidental bombing in Greenwich Village that killed two of its members should be a reminder that radical politics and bombings were a central feature of anti-war American politics in the 1960s and ’70s.
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A century and a half before the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, an epidemic of typhoid fever spread fear, suffering and death in the United States. It ravaged the ranks of Civil War soldiers and also struck down U.S. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, who died in a state of delirium in Chicago.
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Chicago might be marking its 183rd birthday on Monday — but really, it's almost 187.
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As a child growing up in Chicago, Dorothy Day fell in love with God and became a Christian. Moved by the plight of the poor, she became a socialist and tried to juggle her two commitments.
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Cook County Hospital was one of the world’s largest hospitals, and it necessitated that patients, often indigent, be treated by hastily trained interns and residents. It was ag8亚集团官方网站home to big egos like the surgeon Dr. Karl Meyers who, as the hospital's superintendent, ruled like an ancient emperor.
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When Oscar Stanton De Priest, Chicago's first black alderman, made history again as a congressman, he carried the plight of all black people to the capital with him.
