Nelson, Jean Sterling
Jean Sterling Nelson (1885 - 19xx) was an American interior designer and lecturer at the Chicago Art Institute. She was the daughter of immigrants and spent her entire life in Illinois. She received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1907 and lived at 3202 Dearborn Street from 1910 until 1913 according to the University of Chicago Alumni Directory. She made one map: a pictorial map of Chicago entitled 'Old Chicago'. In 1951, Nelson was a patient at the 28-K infirmary at Oak Forest (a suburb of Chicago) and apparently read the entire Chicago Tribune to fellow patients every morning. A letter to the editor and publisher of the Tribune written by Nelson got a film of General MacArthur's visit to the U.S. in 1951 shown at the 28-K infirmary.
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