Do You Know Hallie Quinn Brown?

Title: Hallie Quinn Brown, educator and activist, cape draped on shoulder and wearing gloved / Biddle, Xenia, O.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Robert H. McNeill Family Collection, reproduction number LC-DIG-ppmsca-50302.
Creator: Biddle, Fred S., photographer, c. between 1875-1888.

From the Library of Congress "Notes" accompanying the picture above...

Caption label from exhibit Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote Ratification and Beyond: Hallie Quinn Brown and Republican Party Politics. Hallie Quinn Brown, a suffragist, educator, and noted elocutionist who had taught school in South Carolina and Mississippi, was living in Ohio when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Like many other African Americans, Brown supported Warren G. Harding and the Republican Party in the 1920 election, but because of the party's weak antilynching stance, the National Association of Colored Women, of which Brown was then vice president, withheld a formal endorsement of him. In 1924, Brown was director of Colored Women's Activities for the Republican national campaign.

The caption label above notes a crucial historical event Brown was at the center of, but it only scratches the surface of Hallie Quinn Brown's lifetime contribution to the world.

Calling All Artists (Active and Aspiring)

International Urban Sketchers Week is May 1-7, so dust off your sketchbook, grab your favorite art supplies, and warm up your drawing hand. Visit the event page to learn more and download a PDF with 100 prompts(!) to help you get started.

A quick primer that starts with the question, "Is this an urban sketch?":

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Groceries and Meals to Your Door

This opinion piece is intended to provide insight about the process of working with a grocery/meal delivery service.

Two months ago, I signed up for a grocery/meal delivery service. My main goals for signing up were threefold: To diversify my dining options to break myself free of the food rut I occupied; to be intentional with my food purchases for better health; and to familiarize myself with the process so I can advise the older generation in my family—I’m not a caregiver (yet) but I am certainly tech support for parents who plan to age in place.

SHARE Network continues to offer Yoga classes via Zoom.
Visit https://sharenetworkchicago.org/events/ to see upcoming classes.
SHARE...Supporting Healthy Aging Resources & Education

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According to nationaldaycalendar.com Sunday will be National Gardening Day,
and the weather is going to be lovely so enjoy the day!

Community Partners

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