By Sophia Weglarz, EWHP Summer 2021 Intern “A Southern white woman and a young Negro man cooperating in politics against crookedness and against two cheap white male politicians, and being supported by all the blacks and all the most intelligent and influential whites of their ward! Ye gods! What is this country coming to?”[i] This …
By Lauren Dain, EWHP Summer 2021 Intern Driving down the streets of Evanston, I never particularly noticed the names of the parks I passed by. I could probably recall a few specific ones, such as Centennial Park and Penny Park, but honestly I never gave them much thought – and I bet I’m not the …
Evanston Parks Highlight the Legacies of Influential Women Read More »
By Sophia Weglarz, Summer 2021 Evanston Women’s History Project Intern My name is Sophia Weglarz. I am a current undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying cognitive neuroscience and Africana Studies. While I have worked with the Evanston History Center and the Evanston Women’s History Project in previous summers, this summer I have the …
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The small park where Michigan Avenue ends at Burnham Place may be familiar to you – but it is likely that you did not know that it was named Stockham Place Park – or who the Park was named for – Alice Bunker Stockham. With a new sign in place, thanks to the City of …
For the past few years, the Evanston Women’s History Project has been the home of research for the wider story of Illinois women in the women’s suffrage movement. EWHP staff, interns and volunteers have worked hard not only to tell the story of the work of Evanston women to gain the right to vote, but …
On this historic day, we remember those Evanston women who served in elected office. We honor their pioneering efforts to make Evanston a place where women’s civic leadership is encouraged and accepted. This trend in Evanston is so strong that in recent years, Evanstonians have elected a majority of women to represent them at all …
Evanston women and women’s organizations have faced community and national crises with imagination and ingenuity in times past as they are today. One interesting example is the Evanston Community Kitchen which was started as a project of three members of the Woman’s Club of Evanston. In the summer of 1918, the Woman’s Club of Evanston’s …
Evanston Women and the Fight for the Vote – a new exhibit at the Evanston History Center – opens on Sunday, March 8th with an open house from 1-4 p.m. in celebration of International Women’s Day. Telling the story of Evanston women and their strategic and critical work for women’s suffrage, the exhibit features archival resources, …
By Katherine Field, great-great-granddaughter of Evanston Suffragist Catharine Waugh McCulloch How exciting it was to be marching on January 1, 2020 with such an important and enthusiastic group, and for me it was a special honor. I am the great-great-grandmother of Catharine Waugh McCulloch. Catharine was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1886 and served …
The story of Evanstonian Eda Lord Dixon (1876-1926) and her career as an artist and entrepreneur is highlighted in this wonderful article by two curators connected to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It all starts with the mystery of a beautiful object in their collection and their search for more information …
