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1914
World War I begins
1915
Black Lawyers Association founded
City Population doubles: Total population reaches 2,448,426
Cook County Bar Association founded
First Black Alderman elected
1916
Great Migration of American Blacks to city
1917
United States declares war against Germany and Japan
1918
Spanish Flu Epidemic: 8,500 deaths in Chicago
World War I Armistice
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Jane Addams, Speaking to a Crowd Upon Her Arrival at Union Depot
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Image of Jane Addams, speaking to a crowd upon her arrival at Union Depot in Chicago, Illinois. Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, had traveled to the Netherlands for an international women's peace conference and throughout Europe to discuss peace issues with world leaders and gave a lecture at the Auditorium Building about her findings.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
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