Alice Cushing Donaldson Riley (1864-1953) was an author and playwright who lived in Evanston from 1898 until 1931. She wrote children’s poetry and stories, and several one-act plays. Her best known work is “Slumber Boat,” a familiar children’s lullaby which she co-wrote with Dorothy Gaynor. Her home at 1822 Sheridan Road (now demolished) was the […]
Dr. Isabella Garnett (1872-1948) was born in 1872 to one of Evanston’s earliest African-American families. One of the first African-American female physicians in the state of Illinois, Garnett received her medical degree in 1901 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. She returned to Evanston in 1904. Recognizing that hospital care for African-Americans
You might be wondering about our new heading — who the women are and where we got the title “Lifting as We Climb.” Our next few posts will tell you more about the women pictured, but first we’d like to tell you about the title. “Lifting as We Climb” is the title of our new
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There’s a new exhibit that focuses on Frances Willard open at Northwestern University Library from now through March 18. Arguably one of the most famous and influential Evanstonians in the 19th century, Willard left her mark on this community and the world. Here’s the link for more information: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/news/archives/003837.html
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We are now entering our third year of work on the Evanston Women’s History Project and are set to go public with the results of all our research. Spring 2010 will find us updating this web site to include a lot more information about the project and the women and women’s organizations we’ve learned so
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.
Although the cold seems to have slowed most people down these past few weeks, momentum at the EWHP has never been higher. In addition to organizing all that valuable information that we’ve been gathering for over year now, our initial survey of historic properties associated with Evanston women of note is finishing up AND we
The EWHP has moved into another research phase! Though research on “women of note” will continue indefinitely, some researchers have started to shift their focus to properties associated with these significant women. In order to list a property (or in this case, a district) on The National Register of Historic Places, one has to carefully
Doctor, author, publisher, and sexual reformer Alice Bunker Stockham led the way in many important causes of her day. Stockham came to Evanston in 1890. As a doctor who specialized in pediatrics, Stockham came to realize that her work was very connected to family planning. As such, she published and publicized these materials through a
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Hi all, I’m Stella, EWHP’s Research Assistant, and the person that updates this blog regularly. I’m primarily responsible for coordinating our research volunteers, spearheading research, and spreading the word on the Project. Like the Project Coordinator, Lori Osborne, I also have many other tasks. Sometimes, it feels like I do the jobs of many different
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