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  • Collection: Evanston Organizations and Suffrage

Annie_Wittenmyer.jpg
Photograph of Annie Wittenmeyer, first president of the WCTU

Votes for Women Urged by League.jpg
Newspaper account of recent EPEL meeting at Rickards home, 1324 Forest Avenue.

Wctu_logo.png
The logo of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, c. 1920.

Woman's Club 40th, EBH, 50.3.6.1.pdf
A program of the events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Woman's Club of Evanston in 1929. There is also a bit of the organization's history, including a picture of its founder and first president, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.

Evanston Woman's Club Constitution, 1894-5, EBH, 50.3.4.1.pdf
The constitution of the Woman's Club of Evanston under the presidency of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.

New Officers 1.jpg
Newspaper account of EPEL annual meeting and election of new officers.

Bazaar 1.jpg
Newspaper account of plans for suffrage bazaar at Hotel LaSalle, in which Evanston women took a leadership role.

Suffrage for Women.jpg
Article in the Evanston Index describing Carrie Chapman-Catt's upcoming lecture on suffrage at First Congregational Church in Evanston.

Postcard, FEW, Willard House, EHC Digital Collection.jpg
A color postcard featuring Rest Cottage, an important work space of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Also the previous home of Frances E. Willard.

Certificate, WCTU, EHC 422.1.2.jpg
A certificate renouncing the use of alcohol by members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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