Women Building Chicago 1790 - 1990, A Biographical Dictionary
Selected Entries
Jane Addams
September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935
Social Reformer, Settlement House Founder and Head Resident, Social Theorist, Peace Activist
Photo credit: Chicago Historical Society
Kate Doggett
November 5, 1827 - March 13, 1884
Amateur Botanist, Literary Figure, Women’s Rights Activist, Suffragist
Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society
Pearl Hart
April 7, 1890 - March 22, 1975
Lawyer, Civil Liberties Advocate, Gay Rights and Social Activist, Legal Educator
Photo courtesy of Gerber Hart Library
Sister Albertus Magnus McGrath
(Marion Cecily McGarth)
January 4, 1911 - October 8, 1978
Professor, Historian, Feminist
Photo courtesy of Sinsinawa Dominican Archives
Marion Lucy Mahony Griffin
February 14, 1871 - August 10, 1961
Architect, Community Planner, Delineator
Photo courtesy of Places Journal
Lucy E. Parsons
March 1853 - March 7, 1942
Seamstress, Revolutionary, Labor Organizer, Journalist
Photo courtesy of Chicago History Museum
Maria del Jesus Saucedo
April 23, 1954 - November 12, 1981
Community Activist, Poet, Theater Performer, Teacher, Revolutionary
Photo courtesy of St. Scholastical High School
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
January 14, 1858 - December 7, 1942
Founder and President of National Organization, Social Activist, Civic Reformer, Clubwoman
Photo courtesy of National Council of Jewish Women
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931
Journalist, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist
Photo courtesy of Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation
Frances E. Willard
September 28, 1839 - February 17, 1898
Women’s Rights and Temperance Reformer, Author, Speaker
Photo courtesy of National Women's Christian Temperance Union