Recent Posts

• President’s Day Program
  On President’s Day – February 17 – from 10:30-11:30 am the Fort Dearborn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present a dramatic portrayal of Evanston suffragist Catharine … Read more
• Citizenship as a Foundation of Rights
  Next up in our events series for Women's Vote 100 Evanston is a presentation coordinated by the League of Women Voters of Evanston. On February 12 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm … Read more
• Years of Hope, Years of Courage
  100 marchers wearing white suffrage dresses, marching in the Rose Bowl Parade to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 By Katherine Field, great-great-granddaughter … Read more

Evanston is remarkable in nothing if not for the ability, individuality, and enterprise of its women.

Frances E. Willard

The Evanston Women’s History Project
at the
Evanston History Center
225 Greenwood Street
Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 475-3410
ewhp@evanstonhistorycenter.org