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Ada Kelplay first woman to graduate from law school in 1870
1871
Great Chicago Fire
Montgomery Ward founded
1872
First Black Police Officer
1873
Financial Panic (through 1879)
May Hulett first woman elected to Illinois Bar
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Timeline of the City's History : 1870 |
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The Cook County Courthouse
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Courthouse immediately after the construction of its new wings in 1870.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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