Set in 1893, Leslie Goddard portrays Bertha Honore Palmer,
Chicago socialite, wife of real estate magnate Potter Palmer, and pace-setting
arts patron. Although best remembered today for her Impressionist art
collection, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, the glamorous Mrs. Palmer had
her own fascinating story. As shrewd as she was stylish, Palmer helped recoup
her husband's financial losses after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. At the
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 she served as hostess to the world. Intelligent and witty, the intriguing Mrs.
Palmer still compels attention today. Leslie Goddard, Actress, Historian, Author presents the program.
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