Peggy Montes

CTL-E-1940 · Person · 1930s–present

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Chicago educator, civic leader, and founder of the Bronzeville Children’s Museum (organization founded 1993); former chair of the DuSable Museum board of trustees (1989–1993), the first woman to chair both its governing body and building committee.

The record

Also known as: Peggy A. Montes

Notes

RELP48 new entity. founded_by/founded pair with CTL-E-0200.

Relationships

Bronzeville Children's Museum — founded
Peggy Montes founded the Bronzeville Children’s Museum with a group of business, civic, cultural, and educational leaders; she remains its driving force.

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Bronzeville Children's Museum — founded by → this record

Sources

The HistoryMakers — Peggy Montes biography
Black Enterprise — Bronzeville Museum Founder Peggy Montes Continues Advocacy (2025)

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The DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, ChicagoPhoto: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Re-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, ChicagoPhoto: Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton, Illinois National Guard (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, ChicagoPhoto: Legimet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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