Author: WWHP
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A Salute to “The Most Dangerous Woman in America”
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200 people gathered at the Irish American Heritage Center for WWHP’s benefit to raise funds for the new…
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Spoken Art: Celebrating Womens Stories
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On, October 25, 2014, WWHP held its third annual fundraiser, Spoken Art. We heard from woman artists, speakers,…
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Childcare in Chicago: A Working Woman’s Issue
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Parents, child care practitioners, SEIU members, and interested listeners gathered to hear experts speak on child care centers…
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Spoken Art: Celebrating Womens Stories
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Spoken Art Celebrations are joyous celebrations with food, wine, and live music, each featuring 5–8 community activists who…
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Radical Ideas! Women and the Vote
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Written by Mary Bonnett of Her Story Theater, the play describes the work of three suffragists who secured…
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Taking Teachers to Task: Facing Chicago’s Challenges Over Time
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Actors delivered key historical speeches of educational leaders from 100 years ago–focusing on Chicago battles over public schools,…
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The Ninth Floor Door: Blocked Justice of the Triangle Factory Fire
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The performance tells the story of the 1911 tragedy in New York City in which 146 people died…
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The Dangerous Working Conditions of Laundry Workers in Chicago
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Daisy Sewell, a union steward at an Angelica laundry plant in Chicago and a former Workers United organizer,…
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Conversations with the Playwrights
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A conversation about the process of writing performance pieces with historical and living women. Four WWHP playwrights, Mary…
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From Bonnets to Law Briefs: A Journey of Chicago Women in Law
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This performance features stories of three pioneering lawyers: Myra Bradwell, Mary Bartelme, and Violette Anderson.