When Josephine “Jo” Baskin Minow would return to her hometown of Chicago, she’d look down at the sprawling city beneath the plane and say, “I just want to throw my arms around the city. I love it so much.”
And the city felt her love — a prominent organizer and advocate, she served on boards at the Chicago History Museum, Northwestern University, Chicago’s Center on Halsted, Ravinia Music Festival and more during her “lifetime love affair with Chicago and Chicago history,” according to Nell Minow, her daughter.
