Main entry:

Weimann, Jeanne Madeline, 1943-

Title & Author:

The fair women / Jeanne Madeline Weimann ; introd. by Anita Miller.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago, 1981.

Description:

ix, 611 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Queen of the West -- Government discovers Chicago -- Government discovers women -- The chivalric chimera -- Phoebe Couzins -- Parian and ebony -- Circling the globe -- The ladies lovely child -- The decorators -- Prodigies of preparation -- Women in the white city -- A glorious wealth of mediocrity -- Cots and cribs -- Mob of scribbling women -- Women in savagery -- Rare and interesting lines of work -- Refined avenues of effort -- Mementoes of an emancipated era -- Organizations -- Not things but women: the congresses -- The summer sessions: not enough of the duchess -- After the fair is over.

Summary:

The World's Columbian Exhibition, held in Chicago in 1893, included amazing exhibits of the results of women's activities-- in the arts, in industry, in science, and in reform and philanthropic work. Most of these were housed in the Women's Building, which was designed, decorated, and controlled entirely by women. Weimann traces the struggles among the women for the domination of the Board of Lake Managers, describing the politics and passion for the first time.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0915864673
9780915864676
0897330250 (pbk.)
9780897330251 (pbk.)

Subject:

WORLD'S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION, 1893 (Chicago, Ill.)
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
World's Columbian Exposition
Feminism United States History 19th century.
Féminisme États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Feminism
Wereldtentoonstellingen.
Paviljoens.
Vrouwen.
Women's movement.
United States

Form/genre:

Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Books.
Actes de congrès.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 31043
Call No.: 0001861 11257 A1933 EXP T500; ID:88-B2964
Status: Available

Location: Library main 31042
Call No.: 0001861 11257 A2071 EXP T500; ID:88-B2964
Status: Available