While it still remains a work in progress, we are excited to announce that our project database has gone live on this website! Just click on the tab at the top of the web site. Now you can find information about many of the women and women’s organizations that we’ve spent the past three years researching. […]
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Frances Willard wrote many books and countless speeches, newspaper articles, pamphlets, etc during her busy life as a temperance reformer and women’s rights advocate. One of the most interesting is the little book she wrote about her experience late in life of taking up the new hobby of bicycle riding. In honor of the start
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The Women’s Land Army of America was formed during WWI to give women a way to help and farmers the workers they needed. Organized on a local, state and national level, it was self-funded as the women were paid by the farmers they worked for. The Land Army explicitly tried to mix the educational and
As early as 1876, Evanston was home to the Pro and Con Club, organized by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843-1925), author and suffrage activist, for the purpose of discussing women’s suffrage. Harbert had participated in the founding of the American Woman’s Suffrage Association and was a close associate of Susan B. Anthony. She wrote the “Woman’s Kingdom” column
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From Evanston’s earliest years, women were active locally and nationally in advocating for women’s suffrage. As early as 1876, Evanston was home to the Pro and Con Club, organized by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, author and suffrage activist, for the purpose of discussing women’s suffrage. Harbert had participated in the founding of the American Woman’s Suffrage Association
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Announcing two special program options for groups who’d like to access Evanston women’s history in a new way. Groups can now schedule a special viewing of the women’s history exhibit, with either a brief exhibit introduction and tour, or a special program created for them. Groups can also schedule a private bus tour of Evanston’s
Check out these photos of Lifting As We Climb: Evanston Women and the Creation of a Community, our new exhibit at the Evanston History Center, running until February of 2011. The exhibit is open for viewing Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 pm. The exhibit costs $10 and the price includes a tour
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The Evanston Women’s History Project is proud to be a member of the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites. Recently highlighted in USA Today (see the article here — http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2010-03-18-womens-history-month_N.htm) the collaborative also launched its new web site connecting member sites and organizations with the public in a new way. One of the collaborative’s current
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Be sure to sign up for our Women’s History Bus Tour of Evanston on April 10. The tour will begin at 10 am at the Evanston History Center and will last about 2 hours, ending at EHC as well. Included will be sites all over the community that tell the story of Evanston’s women’s history.
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Join us for Clara, Lu and Em, Old Time Radio — Thursday, March 25 at 7PM at the Evanston History Center Enjoy an evening with Clara, Lu and Em — a pioneering radio show created by three Evanston women. Hear part of an original broadcast, see a slideshow of vintage images, and witness a re-enactment of an
