Women’s Suffrage In Chicago: A Century Ago, Women Fight For The Right To Vote (PHOTOS)
Considering that one century ago, Chicago was home to one of the nation’s most robust local women’s suffrage movements, one has to wonder what pioneers like Jane Addams, Ida B. Wells and Grace Wilbur Trout would have said about the city’s “extremely low” voter turnout at Tuesday’s primary election.
Nevertheless, in the midst of Women’s History Month, HuffPost Chicago has partnered with the Chicago History Museum to offer a gallery of photographs in honor of the Chicago women who toiled for voter’s rights. The suffragettes’ efforts led to a big victory nearly a century ago when, in 1913, Illinois women won the right to vote in presidential and local races.
The Land of Lincoln then became the first state east of the Mississippi River that allowed women to vote in the presidential election. Illinois later became among the first state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, which passed in 1919 but was not ratified by a requisite number of states until August 18, 1920.
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Thackery And Milo, San Diego Koala Joeys, Receive Clear Bill Of Health After First Medical Exam (VIDEO)
Thought understandably frightened after being separated from their mother for the longest period of time yet, koala joeys Thackery and Milo stayed strong as they underwent their first routine medical examination at the San Diego Zoo this week.
The youngsters, born last year at the zoo’s large koala colony, were given a clear bill of health after undergoing a series of tests including x-rays and blood evaluations, according to the San Diego Zoo website.
“So this morning, at the San Diego Zoo, we did exams on two of our baby Joey koalas, it’s the first exam that they get at seven to eight months, and they both look fantastic,” Geoff Pye, senior veterinarian for the San Diego Zoo, told the International Business Times. “It was a little bit of a shock for these guys, it’s the first time that they really had an extended period away from their mother, and typically the keepers will weigh them once a week, but it’s a very short procedure for that.”
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The Stir: Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Are Perfect For St. Patrick’s Day
The countdown to St. Patrick’s Day fun has begun, and it’s time to start whipping up the green food if you haven’t already.
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Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Voca People, Newsical
Two shows off-Broadway are specializing in verbal and vocal virtuosity, respectively. The first, Newsical The Musical at the Kirk, has updated its parodies, zinging the GOP candidates with glee, while sending up everyone from Paula Deen to Lady Gaga in its “End of the World” incarnation.
The latest musical comedy sketches mock the powerful and the celebrated — but the humor is never cruel. Rather, it is incisive and smart. Similar in tone to Forbidden Broadway, but utilizing current events rather than theater, Newsical traffics in one of the most valuable art forms in a democracy: satire.
In an election year, when bombast replaces reality, it’s a much-needed tonic.
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Logan Lynn: Guess What? Stealing Is Still Wrong
I don’t actually believe that stealing my intellectual property is your constitutional right. Sorry, everybody. I get that you are used to consuming music like it’s chewing gum, but those days are numbered. I’m glad that file sharing companies are getting shut down.
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Martha Stewart Drinks A Shot And Shows Mark Consuelos How To Fold A Shirt, On ‘WWHL’ (VIDEO)
It was the Martha-lympics on “Watch What Happens Live” (Weeknights, 11 p.m. EST on Bravo) and lifestyle maven Martha Stewart got into the swing of things with the aid of Mark Consuelos and Andy Cohen.
First up, Martha showed how to fold a t-shirt properly. Consuelos had done a pretty good job of it, but then the maestro went to work and gave a medal-worthy demonstration of how to do it with just one fold.
Later on Martha, Cohen and Consuelos each downed a shot using Jimmy Fallon’s “shotski.”
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Cenk Uygur: A Challenge to Rush: Prove Your Ratings
How many listeners does Rush Limbaugh have? Well, in the press there are only two numbers you’ll ever see — 20 million or 15 million. I’ve got news for you — those numbers are a total fabrication.
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Gregory Weinkauf: How the Secret Policeman’s Ball Got Rolling…
You’ve heard of it. You’ve wondered about it. You’ve seen films of the classic ones on laserdiscs, VHS tapes and new-fangled DVDs. If you’re really lucky there’s a reasonable chance you’ve even attended one of them.
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Michele Williamson: Is Proposing On The Internet OK?
I am all about being innovative, thinking outside of the box, and keeping up with the times. But I do not think that proposing on the Internet is appropriate. It really does take away from the intimacy of a proposal.
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‘Up All Night’: Will Forte Helps Chris Regain Manhood By Rebuilding A Motorcycle (VIDEO)
While it was all about female empowerment, strangely with a male leader, at the office on “Up All Night” (Thu., 9:30 p.m. EST on NBC), it was about rediscovering manliness at home. Particularly for Chris and Reed (returning guest star Will Forte), who decide to take it upon themselves to rebuild the motorcyle Reed’s Uncle Wolf left him. Not that either of them were ever manly enough for a motorcyle in the first place.
They proved this right off by buying ridiculous riding outfits instead of the tools they’d set out to buy in order to actually fix up the machine. In fact, it may have never been fixed up were it not for the timely arrival of another neighbor, Gene, who surprised them both with his motorcycle knowledge.
But fixing up the bike proved the limits of his willingness to participate in their fantasy. In fact, actually riding the bike was daunting enough that the men fought over it, until Reed decided to do it to honor his uncle. He made it about five feet before crashing at the end of the driveway. Had Reagan not called Chris crying from work, he may have never mustered up the nerve to ride.
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