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Fountain Square, view looking east. Fountain Square was the location of a suffrage rally when Illinois women achieved the vote in 1913

This petition was used to collect signatures in support of giving women the right to vote on temperance reforms in their towns as an issue of "Home Protection." This was an early campaign of Frances Willard's for women's suffrage in Illinois and was…

Catherine McCulloh rallies across the state to gain support for Illinois women's right to vote. The stop in Evanston was on Orrington Ave at the YMCA building on the east side of the street between Davis and Church.