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Mar
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March is Women’s History Month
March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
“From every quarter have I heard exclamations against masculine women… If it be against the imitation of manly virtues, or, more properly speaking the attainment of those talents and virtues, the exercise of which ennobles the human character, and which raise females in the scale of animal being, when they are comprehensively termed mankind; –all […]
Jan
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CAC/HCGL Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Center for Archival Collections and the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes will be close on Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Beginning January 18, the CAC will return to regular operating hours: Weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday evenings until 9:00 p.m. See our Hours Page for details.
Dec
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The Sweater Girl
December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In 1937 actress Lana Turner made heads turn in her film debut with a minor role in They Won’t Forget. People didn’t remember her name–what they remembered was the sweater she wore, giving her the nickname of the “Sweater Girl.” This became used in traditional vocabulary when other women tried to achieve the look that […]