Women of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

Chicago Architecture Center docent Kathleen Carpenter discusses how the World’s Columbian Exposition served as a showcase for the women who created, managed, and decorated the Fair’s Woman's Building, detailing some of the women as well as their challenges and achievements. This event is free and open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library’s One Book, Everybody Reads series, which is featuring Rosellen Brown’s historical novel, The Lake on Fire, this spring.