By Molly Kettler, EHC Archives Volunteer and Sunday Docent To visitors of the Evanston History Center, the accomplishments of Caro Blymyer Dawes (1866 – 1957) may not be as well-known as those of her husband, Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951). Charles would be the first to agree that Caro deserves recognition for her devotion to her […]
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100 years ago in June 1913, Illinois women won the right to vote. The story of the battle for suffrage in Illinois is important for several reasons: Illinois was the first state east of the Mississippi to expand the vote to women; Illinois was a more populous state than any previous state to give women
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2013 brings the 100th anniversary of two important women’s history moments – one with a national interest, one with a particular interest in Evanston and Illinois. In March of 2013, the nation will mark the anniversary of the 1913 Washington D.C. suffrage parade. The crowd response to this parade, turning a peaceful march into a
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This post originates from the Evanston History Center’s blog. Written by Lori Osborne, Archivist at the Evanston History Center and Director of the Evanston Women’s History Project, it covers news of a recent visit she made to Washington D.C. To see the entire post, click here. In early December, I had the distinct pleasure of being invited
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A new blog post on the Evanston History Center blog highlights the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Woman’s Club of Evanston’s clubhouse in 2013. The WCE has since its founding in 1889 made a huge contribution to the community, and part of the reason its has endured is because of the place it holds within
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The EWHP is pleased to share these very interesting articles from Shorefront Journal, the blog of the Shorefront Legacy Center which works to document the story of African Americans on the North Shore and in Evanston. Shorefront has from the beginning been an important partner with the Evanston Women’s History Project, helping us capture the
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We are excited to offer a new educational resource for middle and high school-aged students — Evanston Women Make History — a Web Quest for use in the classroom. A Web Quest is a problem-solving project that requires students to search for, analyze, and creatively present information found on the Internet. The EWHP Web Quest,
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When researching a prominent woman in history, often our first inclination is to look to her public accomplishments. We want to know how this woman enacted social change, because after all, that is what we as individuals are most affected by. But when we only focus on her social or political work, we are completely
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March is Women’s History Month and this year we will be highlighting some of the as-yet untold women’s history stories we’ve uncovered through our research for this project. More on that to come. In the meantime, take a minute during this month to honor those women who’ve made an impact on your life and your
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We are excited to announce a new event celebrating women and girls here in Evanston and around the globe: International Women’s Day Evanston 2012. The YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Northwestern University Women’s Center and the Woman’s Club of Evanston are hosting a breakfast in celebration Thursday, March 8 from 7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. at the John Evans Alumni Center, Northwestern
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