Fuller Visionaries: From Illinois to the World at the Shorewood-Troy Library

What can bold lives from the past teach us about navigating an uncertain future, from right here in Illinois?

Fuller Visionaries: From Illinois to the World explores the legacy of two remarkable relatives: Margaret Fuller, a groundbreaking 19th-century writer whose 1843 journey in Illinois inspired reflections on nature, Native history, and justice; and her great-nephew Buckminster Fuller, a pioneering futurist who patented the geodesic dome, built his career in Chicago and launched a global design revolution from Southern Illinois to work for solutions for “100% of humanity.”

Though separated by nearly a century, both lived beyond the limits of their time. Margaret laid the groundwork for the feminist movement; Bucky is widely considered a father of modern sustainability.