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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: Chicagoan Fanny Barrier Williams And The Rise Of Black Women’s Clubs
Description: Throughout Women’s History Month, Reset has been taking deep dives into the lives of unsung remarkable Chicago women. In this week’s segment, we look at Fanny Barrier Williams, a lesser-known contemporary of Ida B. Wells who played a role in Black women’s clubs. To learn her story, Reset sat down with Jennifer Brier, a local historian and history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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