Change in society happens in many ways. Learn more about the impact women have made in the Chicago area through fundraising, forging new career paths, creating art, protesting, and more.
The Silent Sentinels were a group of suffragists organized by the National Woman’s Party who began picketing outside the White House on January 10, 1917, in response to President Wilson’s dismissive suggestion that they “concert public opinion” about the vote.
Margaret Haley was a teacher, suffragist, and advocate for the rights of educators, serving as vice president of the Chicago Teachers Federation for much of her career.
