Illinois State Historical Society

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Our new podcast, More than Just The Lincolns, is up! Currently available on Amazon, Audible, Spotify and Podbean!

First up-special guest Dr. Dan Monroe, as we talk Chicago's long and storied history with presidential nominating conventions from Lincoln to Clinton!

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Thomas Suhrbur acknowledged by @ILHistory1818 for Public Education & Social Reform: A History of IL Education Association https://t.co/bjt1DlN40B
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115+ @Teamsters Local 710 drivers at Breakthru Beverage went on strike May 5
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In recognition of the @labornotes conference this weekend, you can read “America at 250: Illinois Labor” by James R. Barrett from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (@ILHistory1818) Vol. 119, Iss. 1, free until July 15. https://t.co/eFbYwPPPNM

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Have you registered for our Statehood Day 2024 events? Get your tickets at https://t.co/3YtE936EfI

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@RichardPCondon I KNOW, RIGHT??? Exhibit A: @CWBreakfastClub 🤣🤣🤣

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@agordonreed I am so excited for your talk at the ALPLM on Tuesday!!! Also, do you have plans for Wed, the 19th? We would love to invite you to our historical marker dedication to the 29th Colored Infantry who helped declare Juneteenth in Texas!!! Please DM me - @GenealogyRebel

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@RichardPCondon @AppleTV I adore Tobias Menzies. Only someone like him can really portray a complete arsehole like Stanton. He was brilliant as Black Jack Randall.....made Hannibal Lecter look like the Easter Bunny.

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Did you know memberships to the Illinois State Historical Society include both the Journal and the magazine Illinois Heritage?

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🎧 Interview with Contributing Editor Bill Furry, @ILHistory1818 Executive Director on @nprillinois. https://t.co/XA491yAdSo

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@HerbertHistory Kinda enviromental...Radium Girls by Kate Moore

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women and children in need, from the local and county level all the way to the state legislature, passing the first law of its kind in the country.

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Episode 2 of More Than Just the Lincolns- Mother's Pensions! Prior to Illinois passing a state law funding pensions for mothers and children who lost their husbands, women were in quite a predicamemt when it came for caring for their children and themselves.

Join us as we chat

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with special guest historian Anne E. Moseley, director of the Sangamon Experience and assistant director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield as we discuss how rural counties in Central Illinois led the way to getting financial help for

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Thread:
I work in an arcane field where the job requires specific technical knowledge, built on a ladder of understanding and breakthroughs going back over 100 years. It's not immunology but it's not nothing.

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The first recordings of coal in what would become the U.S. were noted by Jolliet and Marquette along the Illinois River in 1673. Read more in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. cc: @ILHistory1818 https://t.co/8Iaeds1tzd

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Podbean: https://t.co/udpbfPwPDH

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It's finally live! Our podcast, More Than Just the Lincolns, episode 1, is available on Amazon, Audible and our host site, Podbean, with Apple, Spotify and Google coming later this week! Check it out, download and please be nice!! Links to follow!

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Check out Episode 1 - Chicago’s History of Hosting Political Conventions from More Than Just The Lincolns on Amazon Music.
https://t.co/8vOcg1kdH5