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Ellen Gates Starr

January 8, 2012 By Sarah Alford 2 Comments Filed Under: How We Learn Tagged With: #activism, #art, #education

How did an activist, labor organiser, teacher, and artist, especially one with a name like Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940), manage to escape everlasting renown in Chicago history? She made headlines in her own day; she ran for political office, was arrested on the picket line, was a bookbinder, and co-founded some of Chicago’s most important […]

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