Category: Newsletter
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Bread and Salt Performed at Printers Row Lit Fest
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WWHP Board members were featured in a performance of Bread and Salt, a compilation of short stories, poetry,…
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Remembering Rebecca Sive (1950–2025)
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In 2025, Chicago lost Rebecca Sive, a political activist who had a “deep passion for social justice and…
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On the Wings of Change
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The Chicago Women’s History Center celebrated Jane Addams’ birthday with a program featuring the Chicago women’s suffrage mural…
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Chicago Women’s History Center Holds Conference: A Report
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Chicago Women’s History Center held a conference. Here are my experiences at their panel discussions, presentations, and workshops.
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Remembering Linn Orear (1940-1925)
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Linn Orear and I met when she began working in the Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS) office with…
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Working Women’s History Project Partners with Roosevelt University for a Program on Immigration
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WWHP and Roosevelt University jointly hosted “Immigration: Hopes, Resilience and Challenges,” on March 26, 2025, at RU’s Gage…
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50 Years of Title IX
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Title IX, which celebrated its 50th anniversary on June 23, changed everything for male and female athletes in…
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Roe v. Wade Overturned: Potential Effects on Working Women
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There are many ways that the elimination of a national right to abortion might adversely affect the lives…
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Remembering Helen Marie Ramirez-Odell
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Recently, Working Women’s History Project lost one of our beloved board members — Helen Ramirez-Odell. Helen, in 1995, was…
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Rebecca Sive: A Woman with a Mission
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Rebecca Sive’s mission is to encourage ordinary women to join the public sphere and to pursue their dreams…