Chicago Women's History Center

Chicago Women's History Center Preserving and archiving Chicago Women’s History and creating events and media to inform and inspire

Chicago Area Women's History Council is a dynamic network of academic historians, teachers, archivists, writers, oral historians, public history professionals, filmmakers, activists, community leaders and others interested in Chicago women's history.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our author event with Pamela D. Toler, discussing her book The Drag...
06/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our author event with Pamela D. Toler, discussing her book The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of Sigrid Schultz, an American Reporter in N**i Germany.

The Q&A session brought thoughtful questions and rich discussion, offering our community a deeper look into Sigrid Schultz’s story and the research behind bringing it to life. We are grateful to our board members for taking part in the conversation and to everyone who attended in support of this event.

We thank for sharing her work with us and look forward to welcoming our community to future events.

A wonderful afternoon with the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.We started with a screening ...
06/13/2026

A wonderful afternoon with the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

We started with a screening of “Discovering Catharine”, a film that brings an overlooked story to the screen. Pictured left to right are Lauren Dain, Fiona Maxwell, Xyla Gatilao, Janet Olson, and Susan Hope Engel.

Then came the book workshop “Sovereignty, Healing, and Reform among Indigenous and Immigrant Communities.” Pictured left to right are Doug Kiel of Northwestern University, Laura Crossley of George Mason University, Fiona Maxwell of the University of Chicago, and Thomas Krainz of DePaul University.

The workshop featured “Sovereignty on Display: Native Politics and Western Statehood at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair” by Laura Crossley and “Democratic Ensembles: Spoken Art and Politics at Chicago Settlement Houses, 1890–1920” by Fiona Maxwell.

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Join us this Saturday, June 13, for an afternoon with author as she discusses her new book, “The Dragon from Chicago: T...
06/09/2026

Join us this Saturday, June 13, for an afternoon with author as she discusses her new book, “The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of Sigrid Schultz, an American Reporter in N**i Germany.”

Toler will share the research and writing behind this remarkable story of a largely forgotten American journalist who reported from N**i Germany. A book signing and light refreshments will follow.

Free with RSVP. Reserve your spot today through the link in bio!

Join us this Saturday, June 13, for an afternoon with author Pamela D. Toler as she discusses her book, “The Dragon from...
06/09/2026

Join us this Saturday, June 13, for an afternoon with author Pamela D. Toler as she discusses her book, “The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of Sigrid Schultz, an American Reporter in N**i Germany.”

Toler will share the research and writing behind this remarkable story of a largely forgotten American journalist who reported from N**i Germany. A book signing and light refreshments will follow.

Free with RSVP. Reserve your spot today through the link in bio!

going through Lois Willie’s archives for her fellowship with
06/01/2026

going through Lois Willie’s archives for her fellowship with

Big thanks to the chicagowomenshistory Center board for engaging in a full day of conversations to envision the organiza...
06/01/2026

Big thanks to the chicagowomenshistory Center board for engaging in a full day of conversations to envision the organization for the next three to five years.


On Wednesday evening our Executive Director, Carron Little attended Doing History by at Haymarket Books. presented som...
05/29/2026

On Wednesday evening our Executive Director, Carron Little attended Doing History by at Haymarket Books. presented some biographical poems thinking about the relationship between city, architecture and how this informs who we become. created a multi-media performance talking about migration and connecting past present and future.
This was a wonderful evening of poetry, performance along with the sharing of Oral history video fused with personal biography amplifying Chicago women historically and in the present.

The arts are a vital part of our culture and society. Our book Women Building Chicago took ten years to write and publ...
05/26/2026

The arts are a vital part of our culture and society. Our book Women Building Chicago took ten years to write and publish and this year we are thrilled to be supporting five Writing Fellowship at chicagowomenshistory and a publication in the Fall. Elisa Shoenberger is diving into archives to write about Lois Willie, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.

Did you know that we support five Writing Fellows chicagowomenshistory. This includes desiree_mcrays3746 working on a pr...
05/25/2026

Did you know that we support five Writing Fellows chicagowomenshistory. This includes desiree_mcrays3746 working on a prose text to celebrate the work of Dr Margaret Burroughs. History can be documented and preserved through many form of the literary arts: poetry, prose, speculative fiction, and narrative biography.

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