CWLU Herstory Blog

Professor Margaret “Peg” Strobel of Chicago, Illinois, won the 2008 “Write Women Back into History” Award given  by the National Women’s History Project of Santa Rosa, California.

Peg is a longtime feminist activist and former UIC women's studies professor. She is also on the Board of the Herstory Project and has helped us out many times from behind the scenes . If we gave out prizes, Peg would certainly get one.

 

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From the Chicago Abortion Fund's First TV Appearance

The Chicago Abortion Fund(CAF) is made up of a diverse group of women who firmly believe that affordable abortions are part and parcel of the fight for reproductive justice. Not content with simply raising money

The Chicago Area Women’s History Council (CAWHC) is launching a new project to help document the Chicago 2nd Wave women's movement. Both oral histories and written documents are being collected so that they may be saved and shared with the public.

The kickoff event will be held at 1:30 on March 16

In an effort to remake Chicago into a "global city" – one attractive to businesses and tourists worldwide – Chicago's educational, environmental, employment and housing policies have been rewritten over the last two decades. These changes in policy and funding priorities have effected Chicago residents differently by class, race and, as we focus on here, by gender.

 

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Veronica Arreola is one of those people who get to live out their dreams.

A committed feminist, she wanted to direct a program that would encourage young women to remake the fields of science and engineering. She is now the director of University of Illinois at Chicago’s Women in Science and Engineering program (WISE).

“The job I have now, five years ago was on my 10-to-15-year list of things to accomplish,” Veronica told the UIC News.

Your Infogal has had the pleasure of working with Veronica on several projects. She is amazing. She blogs, she protests, she organizes, she raises her child, she leads, she laughs and she is so supportive of the women who want to do some real science and engineering.

Go Veronica!

 

The first annual "Jane Addams Day" will be celebrated all across Illinois on December 10, 2007. AAUW-Illinois is leading the charge and Women & Children First is their official Jane Addams Day bookstore! Visit to the AAUW-Illinois webpage to read their press release, find local events and read background materials.

Then check out the Women and Children First suggested book list. There are book suggestions for all ages and levels of interest: children and teens, novices and scholars.

 

Among many achievements, Jane Addams was:

• A founder and the first president of the Women's International League for
  Peace and Freedom
• A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• The first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

 

And please remember…your buck stopping here is a two-for-one deal: you get the books you need AND you support an independent feminist, neighborhood bookstore with people, books, and other treasures to be found inside.

Women and Children First hit a financial rough patch earlier this year, but an outpouring of support from WCF loyalists put them back on track.

If you are a tourist in Chicago,

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