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Friday, April 26
The Chicago Park District board voted Wednesday to name two more parks after notable Chicago women, bringing the total to 35. Hyacinth Park in Kenwood will be renamed Gwendolyn Brooks Park, after the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. And a park at 1762 W. Diversey will be named for Chi Che Wang, founder of the Chicago Chinese Women's Club and physiology professor at the NU Medical School.