Chicago’s Founding Mother Kitihawa Dusable

17/03/2025 9 min
Chicago’s Founding Mother Kitihawa Dusable

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Episode Synopsis

Chicago’s founding as a city has been historically attributed to Jean Baptise Pointe du Sable. However, he didn’t do it alone. His wife of Potawatomi descent, Kitihawa, was instrumental in the building of their thriving trading post. Reset learns more about her with SAIC professor and writer Elise Paschen.

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