Learn more about these women Recent Posts 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 theEvanston History Center225 Greenwood StreetEvanston, IL 60201(847) [email protected]
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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