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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Mundelein College for Women postcard]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Loyola University Chicago University Archives and Special Collections]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[See archivist for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/909">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Disorder vs. Civilization]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Sensational newspaper headlines like “Disgusting Rowdyism” and “A Murderous Mob” emphasize the volatility of the urban underclass in late nineteenth century Chicago.  At the same time, the press ran articles that touted morality and education as solutions to crime in the city. The literary program of the Chicago Woman’s Club reflected the era’s faith in “civilizing” efforts. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Image: Ives, Currier &amp;. “The Great Fire at Chicago, October 8, 1871.” http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001704271/.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Newspaper: Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922).]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Minutes: Chicago Woman’s Club Records, Chicago History Museum.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Bibliography: Smith, Carl. Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman, Second Edition. University of Chicago Press, 2007.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/910">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Humani Nikil a Me Alienum Puto (Nothing Human is Foreign to Me)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[From the Club’s inception, Annual Announcements listed the officers, committees, and lecture program of the Chicago Woman’s Club.  Note that Prison Reform emerges as a topic of interest as early as 1877.  The Club’s well-decorated rooms at the Art Institute Building reflected the elegance and refinement of the upper class clubwomen.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[&quot;Annual Announcement of the Chicago Woman&#039;s Club, 1877.&quot; Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives. Chicago Women’s Club. Box 1, Folder 1.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Images: &quot;Book of the Chicago Woman&#039;s Club, 1900.&quot; Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives. Chicago Women’s Club. Box 15, Folder 1.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/911">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[“I Pledge to Sustain its Good Work and Guard Its Reputation”]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Constitution printed in the Annual Announcements outlined the process of gaining membership into the Chicago Woman’s Club.  In 1885, prospective club members needed explicit endorsement from two club members, a majority vote of acceptance, and an annual payment of dues.  The process aimed to protect the good reputation of the club while also effectively limiting the group to white women of means.  Portraits of the first five presidents of the CWC depict proper well-to-do Victorian clubwomen.  When middle class African American Fannie Barrier Williams first attempted to gain membership in 1894, the local press followed the controversial story with great interest. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[&quot;Annual Announcement of the Chicago Woman&#039;s Club, 1885.&quot; Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives. Chicago Women’s Club. Box 1, Folder 1.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Image of Club Presidents: &quot;Book of the Chicago Woman&#039;s Club, 1900.&quot; Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives. Chicago Women’s Club. Box 15, Folder 1.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Image of Fannie Barrier Williams: “Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams, Member of the Chicago Woman’s Club, Newspaper Correspondent and Author.” http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?strucID=210767&amp;imageID=1252568.<br />
]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Newspaper: Chicago Daily Tribune. November 14, 1894.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/912">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Moral Guardians in the Home and City]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In the late nineteenth century, middle class women were responsible for maintaining safe homes and protecting children and husbands from immorality.  As wives and mothers, women reformers also made it their duty to also make Chicago a safe and virtuous city.  “The Practical Work of the Club” documents the CWC’s decision to reform and improve conditions for women and children in the city.  The Annual Report of the Recording Secretary from 1891 illustrates how the Club asserted feminine morality and respectability as the justification for women’s active role in municipal and national politics. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[“The Practical Work of the Club.” In the Annual Announcement of the Chicago Woman’s Club, 1886. Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club. Box 1, Folder 10. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Brown, Mary Spalding. “Annual Report of the Recording Secretary of the Chicago Woman’s Club Year Ending March 14, 1891.” In Chicago Woman’s Club Minutes, 1890 &amp; 1891. Chicago History Museum.  Chicago Woman’s Club Records, 1876-1998. Box 1, Folder 12.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/913">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chicago Clubwomen: United Visions]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historian Maureen Flanagan argues in &quot;Seeing with Their Hearts&quot; that women reformers in Chicago shared a united vision of a better Chicago.  They believed in a city of safe homes, clean streets, and social justice.  The 1912 President’s Report illustrates how women’s clubs worked together to clean up municipal politics and establish services for women and children in the city.  In addition, clubs like the CWC funded, administered, and worked with settlement houses like the Jane Addams Hull House, Industrial School, and Model Lodging House.  By publishing pamphlets like “City Ordinances You Ought to Know,” the CWC worked to inform the public about municipal laws.  At times, however, women’s reform work came into conflict with city officials and their visions of a politically reformed Chicago. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Flanagan, Maureen A. Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871-1933. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[O’Connor, Nellie Johnson. “Report of the President of the Chicago Woman’s Club, April 27, 1912.” Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club. Box 4, Folder 5.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Chicago Woman&#039;s Club. &quot;City Ordinances You Ought to Know.&quot; December, 1916.  Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club. Box 15, Folder 4.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Minutes: Chicago Woman’s Club Records, Chicago History Museum.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/914">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Trouble in the Chicago Woman’s Club]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Despite attempts to appear unified, the Chicago Woman’s Club was occasionally wracked by controversy.  During the 1901-1902 year, an anonymous letter arrived at the CWC accusing officers of fraud.  After consulting with handwriting specialists, the Chicago Woman’s Club put Mrs. Alice Bradford Wiles on trial and ultimately exonerated her.  During the same year, members of the CWC protested the fairness of officer elections.  The Chicago Tribune delivered sensational reports about the events to the public, prompting the club to evaluate their relationship with the press. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[“Scenes at the Chicago Woman’s Club During and After Exoneration of Mrs. Wiles.” Chicago Daily Tribune. January 16, 1902.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Petitions Protesting the Election of Apr. 26, 1901. Chicago History Museum.  Chicago Woman’s Club Records, 1876-1998. Box 50, Folder 7. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[“Internal Politics Stirs the Chicago Woman’s Club.” Chicago Daily Tribune. February 22, 1908. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[“The Woman’s Club and the Press, April 8, 1902.” In Chicago Woman’s Club Minutes, 1901-1902. Chicago History Museum.  Chicago Woman’s Club Records, 1876-1998. Box 21, Folder 4.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/916">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Professionalizing Reform]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Although the Chicago Woman’s Club always boasted doctors, lawyers, and educators, over time clubwomen increasingly professionalized their approaches to reform. As evidenced by the growing volume of the Club’s Annual Announcements and the rapidly increasing number of committees, the CWC expanded and bureaucratized their reform work over time.  Clubwomen also gained legitimacy in the Progressive Era by informing their work with social science.  The Club boasted a Social Hygiene Committee and Efficiency Committee in addition to sponsoring numerous lectures by leading scientists and professionals.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Chicago Woman’s Club Annual Announcements, 1877, 1900, 1920. Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club. Photograph by Rachel Boyle, June 24, 2013.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[&quot;Bureaucratic Expansion of the Chicago Woman’s Club, 1877-1920.” Chart by Rachel Boyle, June 24, 2013.  Data from Chicago Woman’s Club Annual Announcements, 1877-1920. Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Minutes: Chicago Woman’s Club Records, Chicago History Museum.]]></dcterms:source>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Criminal Women and Delinquent Children]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[&quot;The Chicago Woman’s Club is Responsible For…” In Chicago Woman’s Club Bulletin, 1919. Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives Chicago Woman’s Club. Box 13, Folder 1.]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://specialcollections.luc.edu/items/show/918">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Protecting  and Reforming Criminal Women]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[As the first act of “practical work” initiated by the CWC, clubwomen lobbied for day matrons to be placed in police stations for the protection and care of incarcerated women. Clubwomen continued to advocate for night matrons to be stationed in jails and prisons, and worked with other clubs in advocating for female police.  Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the Chicago Woman’s Club lobbied to improve prison conditions and put criminal women under the protection and guardianship of other women. The CWC staunchly supported the idea that prisons be places for detention and reform rather than sites of punishment.  ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Image: &quot;The Street-Girl&#039;s End.&quot; In The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years’ Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace. Wynkoop &amp; Hallenbeck, 1872.<br />
]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Literary Program: Annual Announcements of the Chicago Woman’s Club, 1876-1920. Loyola University Chicago. Women &amp; Leadership Archives. Chicago Woman’s Club. Boxes 1-5.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Minutes: Chicago Woman’s Club Records, Chicago History Museum.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Newspaper: Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922).]]></dcterms:source>
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