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Women's History: Dear Aunt Kitty

Women's History: Dear Aunt Kitty

By Mary Duggan

My mother and her Aunt Kitty will always be women’s history for me. I think this is the case for many women. We learn how to navigate our lives, survive the terrible storms and stay on course while performing domestic tasks at the kitchen table with our mothers, and in our case, one small but mighty great aunt from Australia, as our teachers. 

Earth Day 2023 - A Letter from the Sisters

Earth Day 2023 - A Letter from the Sisters

Dear Friends,

Every day is Earth Day for the Duggan Sisters and that’s the way we like it. 

From our simple turn-of-the-century Worker’s Cottage on the Southside of Chicago - where we have lived happily above the shop for 15+ years - we have built our brand from a singular premise: you can not maintain a healthy body on a sick planet. And so we rise each day, firing up one HVAC system, not three, and working to maintain the smallest possible carbon footprint as we go about the business of being a business, working to make a real difference for both people and planet.