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Campus Chapters Print E-mail

Campuses were an important part of the CWLU's organizing. Campus chapters included Circle (now U of I at Chicago), Loyola, Northwestern, Roosevelt, Loop (now Harold Washington), Central YMCA (now defunct), Rosary (now Dominican University) and others.

 
Consciousness Raising Groups Print E-mail
The CWLU had several chapters that functioned as consciousness raising groups(commonly called CR Groups). These groups discussed peoples' personal lives and helped empower members to make difficult personal and political choices.
 
Local Chapters Print E-mail
Some CWLU members belonged to local chapters which functioned as semi autonomous groups within the CWLU. Some examples were the Hyde Park Chapter, the Friday Night Chapter, Brazen Hussies and Mrs. O'Leary. Some of these were primarily conscious raising groups. Others planned political strategy. Some combined both.
 

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From Women Who Broke the Silence

“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft