Josephine Baskin Minow 1926-2022
This is a tribute page for our wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. Josephine Minow, civic leader who focused on social justice and history, dies at 95 By BOB GOLDSBOROUGH CHICAGO TRIBUNE | FEB 27, 2022 AT 4:37 PM Josephine Baskin Minow was a civic leader with a keen interest in social justice and Chicago and Jewish history. Minow was the past president of the Juvenile Protective Agency, which provides services for abused and neglected children, and a member of the Jane Addams Juvenile Court Foundation. She also wrote three children’s books and was responsible for two exhibits celebrating Jewish history in Chicago at the Chicago History Museum, where she had served on the board for 30 years. “Jo Minow loved the Chicago History Museum since she first visited as a child,” said Gary Johnson, the museum’s president emeritus. “As a trustee … she shared with the Chicago History Museum the best practices she saw in the many other organizations she was involved with.” Minow, 95, died of na...
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