Two new exhibits are up at local museums and both look to have great women’s history stories included —
At LUMA, Loyola University of Chicago’s art museum, Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits, Women Religious, American Experience, 1814-2014, is on display through October 16, 2014. Using historical maps, books, objects, and textiles, Crossings and Dwellings tells the story of European Jesuits and women religious who arrived in America’s borderlands to serve indigenous and immigrant populations. It marks the 200th anniversary of the Jesuit Restoration and a century of women’s education at Loyola-Mundelein.
More here — http://luc.edu/crossings/
At the Newberry Library, Chicago, Europe and the Great War is showing in conjunction with American Women Rebuilding France, 1917-1924. The former draws on the Newberry’s collection to tell the story of the Chicagoans who engaged with the war, as reporters, commentators, soldiers, supporters or protestors. The latter, American Women Rebuilding France is a travelling exhibit from the Franco-American museum in France. Evanstonians, including many Evanston women, were active in the war years, and many were involved with the post-war recovery in France. Both exhibits at the Newberry are up through January 3, 2015.
More here — http://www.newberry.org/09172014-chicago-europe-and-great-war