Irma: A Chicago Woman's Story, 1871-1966

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A & P store, 136–137, 215n10 Addams, Jane, 27, 48– 49, 111–112, 119 African-American Alpha Suffrage Club, 112 airplanes, 121 Albert (son-in-law), 117, 129, 137, 140, 149 Alcott, Louisa May, 38, 108 Alfred (son), 71, 84, 98–99, 101, 106, 116, 121–123, 126, 155, 169–170, 181–183n3, 188n10, 208n1 Altgeld, John P., 25 American Israelite, 58, 201n5 American Red Cross, 144 anarchists, 20, 24, 193n51 Anti-Defamation League, 145. See also B’nai B’rith anti-Semitism, 139–140, 145, 200–201n2 Apollo (Reinach), 114 Appeal to Reason, 111 Arbeiter Zeitung newspaper, 23 Arbor Day, 103–105, 207n17 architecture, 9; balloon frame construction , 185–186n9; General Grant era, 10; postfire period, 22; steel-frame construction, 22 The Ark, 106, 207n20 art and writing, xix, 183n4 Art Institute of Chicago, 10, 188n10 Arthur (nephew), 101, 208n21 Associated Press, 35 Atlantic cities, 10 Atlantic City, 53– 62 Aunty Bee’s, 106 autobiography, xx–xxi, 183n11 automobiles, 83, 121 Battle of Britain, 144 beauty, 50–51 Belle (cousin), 18, 129 Bergson, Henri, 214n5 Betsey (great-granddaughter), 166–172 “Billy Chops and Betty Crackers” (story), 174–175 Black Friday, 25 bluestocking, 43, 196–197n43 B’nai B’rith, 132–133, 145, 212n8 Boston Cooking School Cook Book, 132 Boy Pioneers, 87 Boy Scouts, 87 Brainard, Harriet Converse Tilden. See Mrs. William Vaughn Moody Burroughs, John, 97–98, 205–206n12 By Love Possessed (Cozzen), 165, 208n21 candy, 18 Carroll Avenue gang, 19 Carson Pirie and Company, 20 Central Office for Jewish Emigration, 141 Century of Progress, 127 charity fairs, 185n4 Chicago: business centers (c. 1871), 3; city limits (c. 1871), 3; construction methods (postfire), 22; downtown (c. 1871–1888), 3– 4, 22; educational possibilities (c. 1875– 1891), 27–28; evolution of, 1; fire Index Chicago (continued) of 1868, 7; 45th Street and Vincennes (c. 1898–1906), 80; Garfield Park (c. 1871–1888), 20; German population centers, 3; growth and expansion, 3, 19; Haymarket Square (c. 1871–1888), 20; hospitals (c. 1898–1906), 84; housing (c. 1898–1906), 84; Hyde Park– Kenwood area (c. 1898–1906), 84; “I will” insignia, 9; immigration to, 1–2, 23; Indiana Avenue (c. 1871–1888), 10–12; labor force (c. 1871–1888), 23; Lake Park Avenue (c. 1898–1906), 84; liquor distribution in (c. 1920s), 109; Michigan Avenue (c. 1871–1888), 11–12; millionaires in, 12; Near West Side (c. 1871), 1–2; Near West Side (c. 1893), 48; population (1870), 1; prejudices in, 186n15; reconstruction period, 9, 22; South Halsted Street shopping centre, 12; State Street (c. 1871–1888), 22; street cars, 12, 19–20; transportation (c. 1871–1888), 19–21; universities in, 10, 84; violence in (c. 1924), 119; Washington Park (c. 1871–1888), 20; West Madison Street (c. 1871–1888), 20. See also education; Great Chicago Fire; immigration Chicago Daily News, 35 Chicago Jewish Woman’s Aid, 116, 121, 137, 144–147, 197n46 Chicago Literary Renaissance, 191n42 Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Society, 189n23 Chicago Political Equality League, 112 Chicago Relief and Aid Society, 8 Chicago Tribune, 22, 141 Chicago Woman’s City Club, 110–113 “Chicken Salad for Breakfast” (story), 182–183n3 child rearing: information on, 87–88, 203n27; nursery ethics, 89–95; personality of mother and, 88–89; philosophy for, 88 children: activities for, 87–88; delinquency of, 87; development of, 76–77; as family possessions, 75– 77; hired help caring for, 82–83; money for, 18; play, 17–20; psychology during wartime, 147; supervised activities for, 87; training of, 75–76 children’s literature, 88 Christmas celebrations, 126, 199n17 The Chronicle of the Befogged Dune Bugs (Frankenstein), 178, 215n11 Churchill, Winston, 144, 149 clothes washing, 5– 6 club and temple memberships, 120– 121, 132–133, 197n46, 211n7, 212n8; resignation from, 132–133, 211n7, 212n8 Codman, Ogden, Jr., 85 Coleman, Ronald, 54 Columbian Exposition. See World’s Fair of 1893 construction methods (postfire), 22 “Cookies” (poem), 181n3 cooking, 66, 68– 69, 158 Coolidge, Calvin, 121–122 corruption, 119 cost of living, in depression era, 127–138 Council of Jewish Women, 133 craft unions, 23 criminals and criminality, 119–121 Crosby’s Opera House, 1 culture (taste), 85, 190n30 i n d e x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 ] The Daily Maroon, 151 Darrow, Clarence, 110, 119–120, 210n10 Dearborn Independent, 109 deaths in family: Emil, 52, 75; Irma, 179; Mamma, 51; maternal grandmother , 14; Pappa, 13–14; Victor, 162; Victor C., 152–154, 213–214n3 Decoration Day, 169–170 The Decoration of Houses (Wharton and Codman), 85 Defense Meeting, 146 Depression of 1893, 48...