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Women Building Chicago 1790-1990, co-edited by
our presenter, Rima Lunin Schultz |
The Steering Committee invites you to a "lunch and learn" meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2017. In a slight departure from our regular meeting format, we will be gathering at a Chicago restaurant to socialize and hear a presentation from noted local historian, Rima Lunin Schultz. See details below.
Date: May 11, 2017
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Mrs. Murphy’s & Sons Irish Bistro
http://irishbistro.com/3905 North Lincoln, Chicago, IL
Please note that Mrs. Murphy's provides free parking in their lot at the corner of Lincoln & Byron, next to Martyrs.
Cost: $15 per person, which includes the price of a hot lunch, coffee, and tea. Other beverages can be ordered at additional cost. The entree will be Chicken Marsala, and a vegetarian option of grilled vegetables is available.
Presentation: "Reflections on the Journey of a Converted Historian," a talk about the experience of finding and utilizing religious archives to enrich the narrative of American history by
Rima Lunin Schultz. Rima is a historian with a Ph.D. from Boston University who has written articles and books on Jane Addams, Chicago women in Catholic and Protestant faith traditions, and the culture of urban elites. Rima is the editor, with Adele Hast, of
Women Building Chicago 1790‑1990: A Biographical Dictionary (2001). She serves on the advisory boards of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and the Jane Addams Papers Project. Her recent publications include: "Jane Addams, Apotheosis of Social Christianity,"
Church History 84:1 (March 2015); "'Sister Builders' in Chicago," with Ellen Skerrett,
American Catholic Studies Newsletter, Vol. 42, Number 1 (Spring 2015). This article discusses the Sisters of Charity Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) and the construction of educational institutions—architecturally and pedagogically! Coming out this summer in a book of essays,
Crossings and Dwellings, is Rima’s chapter, "Public School 'Secularists' vs. Women Religious: Competing Visions for Educating Catholic Immigrants in Jane Addams's Progressive Era Chicago, 1890-1925." In 2015, Rima won the
Bishop's Award from the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago for her contributions as a founding member of their Archive and Record Management committee as well as for her work on the histories of the St. James Cathedral, deaconess ministry, and women in the Episcopal Church.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please RSVP to cenacle.archives@gmail.com by April 21, as space is limited. Please indicate if you would prefer the vegetarian option for lunch. CARA will be collecting membership dues at this meeting, so remember to bring $15 for the meal, as well as $10 for new or renewing membership.
We look forward to a fun and elucidating meeting on May 11!
