A burgeoning town on the fringes of Chicago rose and fell with the successes of the Western Electric Company.
As the site of the controversial Hawthorne Studies of workplace motivation and behavior, the plant reconfigured business and social sc.
As the manufacturing arm of Western Electric, Hawthorne contributed greatly to the prosperity and national defense of the United States.
For almost 90 years, the Hawthorne Works plant employed, educated, entertained, and defined the township of Cicero.
A burgeoning town on the fringes of Chicago rose and fell with the successes of the Western Electric Company