Be sure to visit our event page to learn more about all the many things planned for August – and into the fall – as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. A group of community partners, led by the EWHP, has assembled a whole series of events for you to connect to […]
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One way women fought for the right to vote was to take part in suffrage rallies and marches. Carrying signs and wearing sashes and buttons, they gathered in local towns like Evanston, and big cities like Chicago and Washington, DC, to demonstrate support for voting rights for women. When: Any time between August 18-26, 2020.
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Join WTTW and the EWHP for a virtual community screening and conversation of The Vote. One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, American Experience’s The Vote tells the dramatic story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote—a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the
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Recent headlines tell of reduced polling places, names taken off voter rolls, and requests for identification in places where none is required. One hundred years after the 19th Amendment affirmed women’s right to vote in the United States, many of these issues have become even more pressing. Roadblocks to exercising the right to vote still
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Speakers are available for your organization or club on various topics relating to Evanston women’s history. Please be in touch if you are interested in scheduling a talk or presentation. Topics include: Evanston: A Paradise for Women – highlights from Evanston’s women’s history Temperance and Suffrage: the Untold Story Introducing Frances Willard: A Pioneering 19th
The association lobbied for woman suffrage through appeals to the state and federal legislature, publicized election candidates’ positions on suffrage, and organized lectures and lecture tours to raise funds and awareness for the suffrage cause. History Two sources have attributed the organization of IWSA to Mary Livermore and associates, including Frances Willard. IWSA’s first annual
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The Evanston Missionary Union sponsored scholarships for Christian foreign students undertaking religious study (starting 1922), and met for World Day of Prayer, starting in 1887. Further, delegates from each church reported their missionary work. History Formed as a prayer group for Evanston women (specifically mothers) in 1870, it was an interdenominational group that expanded from
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One of the oldest and largest women’s fraternities in North America, Phi was founded by ten students at Syracuse University in 1872. At the time, many people questioned the propriety of higher education for women, and the founders established their secret society as a means of supporting each other as they undertook their rigorous course
Clara Ingram Judson (1879-1960) grew up in Evanston. She was probably best known as a children’s author and editor, but she also was a public speaker on family finance, and a public school and Sunday school teacher. She published Bed Time Tales in 1913 and Flower Fairies in 1915, followed by 78 more books, including
The Evanston College for Ladies, which opened in 1871, provided courses of study for female students ranging from classical or scientific studies, to more traditional female fields, including domestic sciences and studies in the arts. The college also provided college preparatory courses and training for kindergarten teachers. History The Evanston College for Ladies was a
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