An Encounter with Bertha Palmer

Event Details

When
10/07/2008 - 1:20pm
Where
Loretto Conference Center
1600 Somerset Ln
Wheaton, IL, 60187-8190
United States
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County: 
Dupage
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Woman's Department Club of Wheaton
Where
Loretto Conference Center
1600 Somerset Ln
Wheaton, IL, 60187-8190
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Dupage
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Woman's Department Club of Wheaton
A Road Scholar Program by Leslie Goddard

Chicago socialite and philanthropist, wife of millionaire real estate magnate Potter Palmer, and pace-setting arts patron, Bertha Palmer is best remembered for her outstanding Impressionist collection, now at the Art Institute of Chicago. But the glamorous Mrs. Palmer had her own fascinating history. As shrewd as she was stylish, Palmer helped recoup her husband's lost fortune after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and presided over Chicago's glittering society scene for a quarter of a century. At the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, she served as hostess to the world. Intelligent, witty, and fallible, Bertha Palmer still compels our attention today.

This event is Free and Open to the public. For more information, please contact Nancy Ettl, Woman's Department Club of Wheaton, 630.665.0019.
IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau