Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition
Forfatter: Maud Howe Elliott
År: 1893
Forlag: Goupil & Co.
Sted: Paris and New York
Sider: 287
UDK: gl. 061.4(100) Chicago
Chigaco, 1893.
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CONGRESSES IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING.
THE daily introduction of one or more distinguished women of
this and other countries to the large and appreciative audi-
ences which throng our Assembly Room is found to be one
of the leading attractions of the Woman’s Building.
This feature was inaugurated under a resolution passed by the
Board of Lady Managers providing for a committee on Congresses
to be held in the Woman’s Building. Mrs. Potter Palmer appointed
CARVED WOOD PANEL. ALBERTINA NORDSTROM. UNITED STATES.
the following ladies to serve on this important committee: Mrs.
James P. Eagle of Arkansas, chairman, Mrs. Helen M. Barker of
South Dakota, Miss Laurette Lovell of Arizona, Miss Ellen M.
Russell of Nevada, Mrs. Susan R. Ashley of Colorado, Mrs. L. M.
N. Stevens of Maine, and Mrs. Lewis of Illinois. Before the com-
mittee was called together it lost two valued members, Mrs. Susan
R. Ashley, who resigned from the Board on account of ill health,
and Mrs. Lewis by decease. Mrs. John J. Bagley of Michigan and
Mrs. L. Brace Shattuck of Illinois were appointed to fill the
vacancies.
Owing to the nature of the work of this committee, which
required an immense amount of correspondence, the most careful
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