One of Illinois' oldest communities, dating to a Potawatomi settlement and French fur trading post, Waukegan sits on Lake Michigan north of Chicago. With continuing development of its waterfront neighborhoods and downtown district, the city and surrounding area offer beaches, golf, and events like...
now an exhibit at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, in Chicago, an enormous portrait of Smith hangs above the mantle. After meeting in 1890 at the pioneering settlement house that Addams co-founded, the
2008Enron settles with financial institutions involved in the scandal, receiving settlement money to be distributed to creditors. Causes of the Enron Scandal Enron went to great lengths to enhance its financial statements, hide its fraudulent activity, and report complex organizational structures to both...
She was a notable figure in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and an advocate for world peace. She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Yale...
Milton Gralla, a legendary publishing executive in our business and whom many have known through his lifetime commitment to philanthropy, has passed away at age 84. Though National Jeweler was founded in 1906, it was when Milt and his brother... ...
However, this culture-history approach to archaeology can be very misleading. Hallstatt and La Tene material culture and decoration may have penetrated vast areas of Europe but they fail to correspond to any regular changes in settlement, burial or other ...
Their world, which had its origins among the Arawak tribes of the Orinoco Delta, gradually spread from Venezuela across the Antilles in waves of voyaging and settlement begun around 400 B.C. Mingling with people already established in the Caribbean, they developed self-sufficient communities on ...
The descendants of Cosimo I married into the majority of the royal houses of Europe; to a greater or lesser extent, they upheld the family name and fortune. However, because they ruled primarily through military force, they appear to have diminished the city’s significance as a hub for inno...
it has been the inalienable right of every american generation to date, spare the great depression, and therefore is deeply embedded in the warp and woof of the american mind. this assumption, however, is proving to be ill founded. while much of the third world can only dream of the ...
He founded the Irish Settlement in Genesee Township. This settlement had what was probably the first church to be built in the county. Ole Bull, the famous violinist, tried valiantly to found a settlement of Norwegians in the county. However, sadly enough, it was a failure, due to the ...