Sophia Hayden Archives - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

“No Holmes Barred!” A World’s Fair Radio Show Podcast
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“No Holmes Barred!” A World’s Fair Radio Show Podcast

AUDIO, NEWS

“No Holmes Barred!” A World’s Fair Radio Show Podcast

History, hilarity, and histrionics characterize a new satirical radio-show podcast about the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. No Holmes Barred! is written, directed, and produced by Daniel Ciarrocchi (you may have seen him on Jeopardy!) and tells the dual stories of Daniel Burnham’s construction of the fairgrounds in Jackson Park and the bloody trail of murderer H. H. Holmes in nearby Englewood. If this premise sounds like a certain best-selling work of narrative nonfiction that introduced millions of readers [...]

By Scott|2023-10-09T07:59:11-05:00October 6th, 2023|Categories: AUDIO, NEWS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Ferris Wheel, H. H. Holmes, Patrick Eugene Prendergast, Sophia Hayden, Waukesha Hygeia Company|1 Comment

Sep. 21, 2023: “Women’s Work at the 1893 World’s Fair” (Evanston, IL)
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Sep. 21, 2023: “Women’s Work at the 1893 World’s Fair” (Evanston, IL)

EVENTS (past)

Sep. 21, 2023: “Women’s Work at the 1893 World’s Fair” (Evanston, IL)

The Evanston History Center will host a presentation on "Women’s Work at the 1893 World’s Fair" by Diane Dillon on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 7 pm. Her presentation will explore the range of contributions women made to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, including the work of Bertha Palmer and the Board of Lady Managers, the protest of Ida B. Wells, the design of the Woman’s Building by architect Sophia Hayden, and the Congress of Representative Women. [...]

By Scott|2023-10-02T13:37:30-05:00August 31st, 2023|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Board of Lady Managers, Congress of Representative Women, Ida B. Wells, Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Dec. 10-11, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Normal, IL)
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Dec. 10-11, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Normal, IL)

EVENTS (past), THEATER

Dec. 10-11, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Normal, IL)

In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building the Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying, micromanaging, and undermining until she finally spoke up. In a time when women were defined as physically and intellectually weaker than men, her concerns were not only not heard, [...]

By Scott|2023-01-17T17:46:43-06:00December 3rd, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Nov. 3, 2022–Oct. 28, 2023: “The City Beyond the White City” (Charnley-Persky House Museum, Chicago)
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Nov. 3, 2022–Oct. 28, 2023: “The City Beyond the White City” (Charnley-Persky House Museum, Chicago)

EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)

Nov. 3, 2022–Oct. 28, 2023: “The City Beyond the White City” (Charnley-Persky House Museum, Chicago)

A new exhibition explores the history of race and the built environment in Chicago through archaeology connecting the “White City” of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition to the material, spatial, and social histories of two 1892 structures—the Charnley-Persky House and the Mecca Flats—located respectively on Chicago’s privileged Near North and disinvested Near South Sides. The City Beyond the White City: Race, Two Chicago Homes, and their Neighborhoods, sponsored by the Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation and Society of Architectural Historians [...]

By Scott|2023-11-05T17:55:16-06:00November 19th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: Nancy Green, Sophia Hayden, Transportation Building|0 Comments

Mar. 27, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Barrington, IL)
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Mar. 27, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Barrington, IL)

EVENTS (past), THEATER

Mar. 27, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Barrington, IL)

In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building the Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying, micromanaging, and undermining until she finally spoke up. In a time when women were defined as physically and intellectually weaker than men, her concerns were not only not heard, [...]

By Scott|2022-04-07T13:07:03-05:00March 24th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Chicago Food Hall Serves an 1893 World’s Fair Theme
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Chicago Food Hall Serves an 1893 World’s Fair Theme

NEWS, VISUAL ARTS

Chicago Food Hall Serves an 1893 World’s Fair Theme

Hayden Hall (333 S. Wabash Street) in Chicago features the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in both name and interior design.

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:59:22-06:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: NEWS, VISUAL ARTS|Tags: Sophia Hayden, White Rabbits, Woman's Building|1 Comment

Which 1893 World’s Fair building is Among “The 12 Most Controversial Buildings in America”?
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Which 1893 World’s Fair building is Among “The 12 Most Controversial Buildings in America”?

NEWS

Which 1893 World’s Fair building is Among “The 12 Most Controversial Buildings in America”?

A new article at the home advice website BobVila.com describing “The 12 Most Controversial Buildings in America” includes one from the 1893 World’s Fair. The article by Jamie Birdwell Branson lists the Woman’s Building, designed by architect Sophia Hayden. Branson notes that the controversy occurred because the building design “underwent contentious changes during construction, and many architectural journals gave it negative reviews upon completion” and also observes that the criticism may be been “reactions to the fact that the architect [...]

By Scott|2019-06-22T10:46:40-05:00June 22nd, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I
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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I

REPRINTS

Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I

March is Women’s History Month and a fitting time to reflect on women’s valuable contributions to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Reprinted here is Part 1 of “Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair” from the May 1893 issue of The Review of Reviews. “The Work of the Board of Lady Managers” was written by one of its Vice Presidents, Virginia C. Meredith of Indiana. Parts 2 and 3 will follow later this month. Section headers and additional images have [...]

By Scott|2024-04-01T18:57:31-05:00March 1st, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Board of Lady Managers, Candace Wheeler, Sophia Hayden, Virginia Meredith, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned
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Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned

ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)

Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned

The reverse of Hayden's presentation medal . [Image from John McInnis Auctioneers.] John McInnis Auctioneers (76 Main Street, Amesbury, MA) will offer a rare item from the 1893 World’s Fair in their “Numismatics, Exonumia, Silver and Jewelry” auction on Thursday January 24, 2019. Lot 10 is a 14-karat gold presentation medal awarded to architect Sophia Hayden for her design of the Woman’s Building. An inscription on the obverse reads "Sophia G. Hayden--Presented by the Board of Lady Managers [...]

By Scott|2019-01-30T21:33:32-06:00January 16th, 2019|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: auction, Bertha Palmer, Daniel Burnham, Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”
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“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”

NEWS

“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”

Darran Anderson’s essay “World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism” (citylab.com, October 3, 2018) addresses the fading luster of World’s Fairs and uses some examples from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago to illustrate his point. “World’s Fairs fell from grace,” writes Anderson. “Who could blame nostalgia towards witnessing the Crystal Palace, the head of the Statue of Liberty in a Parisian park, the extra-terrestrial Trylon and Perisphere, or the Tower of the Sun? This was bolstered by [...]

By Scott|2018-10-19T16:14:35-05:00October 20th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Dankmar Adler, Ferris Wheel, Golden Door, Lorado Taft, Louis Sullivan, Sophia Hayden, Transportation Building, White Rabbits, Woman's Building|1 Comment