This year’s honorees have enhanced the status and prominence of women in a positive and meaningful way in Lake County. These valiant women have challenged us to embrace women’s suffrage and women’s rights, to be significant members of society, to promote the common good, and they are the unsung heroes that live amongst us.
https://youtu.be/gr-rnVRLuGE?si=-aPnA5lsXYKzuIVV Women's History Month Celebration"Women Rising: Education, Enlighten, Empower"March 6, 2021 at 10:00am Virtual EventProgram: Six women who embody the three aspects of our theme, “Women Rising,” highlighted their experiences and views on each: Jade Leasure and Angela Baldwin on Education, Erin O’Neill and Jennifer Evans on Enlightenment, and Jordan Leasure and Sherita Ceasar on Empowerment. […]
Virtual Tour of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument - A 45-minute tour of the museum exhibits using photographs of the collection of furniture, textiles, artwork, and other historical artifacts. Hosted by Warren-Newport Public Library. We share the story of Alice Paul's political savvy and the National Woman's Party's transgressive, confrontational tactics in support of woman suffrage.
Women's History Month Celebration"Honoring Women in Lake County Who Have Provided Healing and Promoted Hope"Our keynote speaker, Leslie Goddard, is widely known for her riveting portrayals of notable women of history. She will present, "Clara Barton, Civil War Battlefield Nurse." This living-history program brings to life the story of Barton's wartime work, including her decision to provide care for soldiers and her […]
Frances Willard and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union:The Forgotten Story in 19th Century Women's ActivismCome hear the story of one of the world’s most influential women and the organization she led in a talk given by Lori Osborne, Director of the Frances Willard House Museum in Evanston, Illinois. Her talk Frances Willard and the Woman’s […]
Women's History Month Celebration Lake County Women's Coalition celebrated Women's History Month on Saturday, March 4, 2023. All Coalition members and their guests attended the annual lunch at Maravela’s Banquet Halls. As in the past 28 years, honorees from our various organizations featured with their inspiring stories. Our scholarship awardee will be recognized. Barbara Walters […]
Lake County Women’s Coalition In Recognition of Women’s Equality Day presents Heidi Stevens Thursday, August 24, 2023 Heidi Stevens is a Chicago-based writer and the Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, which works to provide parents, caregivers, and communities the knowledge and tools to […]
Women's History Month Celebration PROGRAM: “A Journey with Harriet Tubman: An Amazing Story and Life” Sharon D. Epps will take her audience on an amazing journey from the South to the North, all the way to FREEDOM as Harriet Tubman, the first conductor of the Underground Railroad. A poet, motivational speaker, author, and director of two […]
Chicago cabaret artists Anita Kallen and Catherine Thomson (HERStoryMusicalShows.com) prove once again that "well-behaved women seldom make history." They celebrate - in song and HERstory - the rabble-rousing pioneers who won the right to vote for the women of America and those fighting to preserve it today. With music by Sondheim, Lennon & McCartney, the […]
Women's History Month CelebrationEleanor Roosevelt comes alive in this memorable portrayal by nationally recognized actress and scholar Leslie Goddard. Drawn from Eleanor’s own letters, diaries and newspaper writings, this engaging performance captures the warm, honest American stateswoman as she speaks from her cottage in New York in 1945 while considering whether to accept a nomination […]
Round Lake High School’s Ghostlight Readers Theatre and special guests will give a performance that leaps from comic to tragic as it surveys the lives of the women who have served (and avoided serving) as First Lady, from Martha Washington up through Jill Biden. A biographical, meta-theatrical, genre-bending ride through race, gender, and every-thing else your […]
Women's History Month Celebration featuring: Kim Sigafus ~ Educator & Author