CWLU Herstory Blog

From time to time, we get requests for posters, photos, songs and documents to include in videos, radio shows, public exhibitions and the like. We try to meet these requests in a timely manner and for the most part we succeed. Here are some of the recent requests we have received:

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As part of its Women's History Month celebration the Chicago History Museum will feature a program on March 6th called "Women On The Move: We Can Do It!" Among the presenters will be Suzanne Davenport of the CWLU Herstory Project . Suzanne was active in the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and

When Mardge Cohen and her partner Gordy Schiff left Chicago for Boston, they were warned that their old friends in the Windy City would do what was necessary to drag them back here.

Mardge is one of the world's leading experts on the treatment of HIV/AIDS and a former CWLU member. Gordy is a prof at

Three hundred people crowded in Reza's restuarant on the Northside to bid farewell to Mardge Cohen and Gordy Schiff, two of Chicago's finest physicians. Gordy has accepted a teaching position at Harvard, meaning that he and Mardge will be moving to Boston.

Mardge and Gordy have been battling for quality healthcare at Chicago's Cook County Hospital since the the 1970's. Gordy is known in the world of medicine for his research in patient safety. Mardge became one of Chicago's leading experts on HIV/AIDS and has worked extensively in Rwanda with HIV/AIDS patients there. Mardge is a former member of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Herstory Project.