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1919
Al Capone moves to Chicago
Chicago Race Riot
Illinois ratifies 18th Amendment and passes State prohibition statutes
1920
U.S. Prohibition begins January 16
1921
19th Amendment (U.S. Constitution): Women attain the Right to Vote
1923
Mary Bertelme first woman elected to the Circuit Court
Mayor William Dever elected; pledges to close every "vicious cabaret"
1924
Passage of U. S. Immigration Act
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Mrs. Ruth Townsend
Half-length portrait of Mrs. Ruth Townsend, a factory worker and widow, wearing a coat and sitting on the edge of a wooden chair in a room in Chicago.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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