The Evanston Women’s History Project offices are moving to the Evanston History Center (EHC). No doubt the move will help facilitate research as many of the Project’s research subjects have archival and/or clipping files at the EHC.
Project Calendar
March 19 - 7:30 p.m. - "Lifting as We Climb:" Evanston Women and the Creation of a Community exhibit opening reception.
March 21 - 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Joint tours with the Frances Willard House.
March 25 - 7 p.m. - Clara, Lu and Em, Old Time Radio.
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- “Evanston is remarkable in nothing if not for the ability, individuality, and enterprise of its women.” -- Frances E. Willard
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The Evanston Women's History Project offices are housed in the Evanston History Center.
Address:
225 Greenwood Street
Evanston, IL 60201Phone Number:
(847) 475-3410Email: ewhp@evanstonhistorycenter.org
Books about Evanston History
Evanston: a pictorial history by Barbara J. Buchbinder-Green
Creating Chicago's North Shore by Michael Ebner
Evanston's Yesterdays by Clyde D. Foster
Who's Who in Illinois; Women Makers of History by Agness and Gertrude Gilman
This is Evanston by the League of Women Voters
Evanstoniana by Margery Blair Perkins
Evanston: its land and its people by Viola Crouch Reeling
A Place We Can Call Our Home by Morris Robinson, Jr.
Through the Eyes of Us by Morris Robinson, Jr.
Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990 by Rima Lunin Schultz and Adele Hast
A Classic Town: The Story of Evanston by Frances Willard
Northwestern: A History, 1850-1975 by Harold F. Williamson and Payson S. Wild