SXU's Farrell Forum Lecture Explores History of Marshall Fields, April 8

For more than 150 years Marshall Field’s reigned supreme as Chicago’s leading department store, celebrated for its exceptional service, spectacular window displays and fashionable merchandise. It was the Marshall Field's that coined the phrase -- “Give the lady what she wants" -- and started the nation's first bridal registry.

Historian Leslie Goddard discusses the history of Marshall Field’s as part of Saint Xavier University’s 2014 John T, Farrell, Sr. Forum this Tuesday, April 8.  "Remembering Marshall Field's,”  starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Butler Reception Room, located in the Warde Academic Center at SXU's Chicago campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Goddard will trace the history of Marshall Field's from its beginnings as a dry goods store in 1852 to its growth into a world-class fashion trendsetter and international tourist destination.  

Goddard has been presenting history lectures and performing first-person programs in the Chicago area for more than ten years. Her nationally-recognized programs have been presented for Illinois Humanities Council sites, Chicago’s Navy Pier, WBEZ-Chicago Amplified, Questers International, the Victorian Society in America, and scores of schools, universities, retirement centers, libraries, historical societies, businesses, conferences, and fundraisers.

She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University specializing in American studies and U.S. history, as well as master's degrees in theater and in museum studies. Goddard has worked in the museum field for ten years and is the author of two books on Chicago history.

This event is sponsored by SXU's Renaissance Academy. For more information, please contact Kathleen Fassl at 773-233-3770.