Loop

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Clark/Lake
Iris Rivera (1942 - ) Legal secretary; unexpected activist

State/Lake
Mollie Netcher (1867-1954) Owner and leader of one of Chicago’s largest department stores

Washington/Wabash
Mary Livermore (1820-1905) Fundraiser, women’s rights activist, lecturer

Adams/Wabash
Margaret Hillis (1921-1998) Choral and orchestral conductor

Harold Washington Library
Vivian Gordon Harsh (1890-1960) First Black head librarian in the Chicago Public Library system

LaSalle/Van Buren
Suze Orman (1951- ) Personal finance expert

Quincy
Ardis Krainik (1929-1997) Lyric Opera General Director

Washington/Wells
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) First American prima ballerina