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  • Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination

    March 9, 2013Women's History Month Celebration"Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination"The 2013 theme, Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.Lake County Women's Coalition will present a PowerPoint presentation highlighting women in STEM careers, nationally, locally and showcasing the women nominated by the coalition members.Lise Eliot PhD, author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain and What’s […]

  • Ballots, Babes, & Beer

    August 28, 2013Women's Equality Day Celebration"Ballots, Babes, & Beer"This year the Coalition is happy to invite two speakers for our annual Women's Equality Day celebration.  Deborah Fandrei, Curator of the Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove will present BALLOTS, BABES AND BEER -- a look at the women's suffrage movement from an Illinois perspective.Katherine Hamilton-Smith, Director […]

  • Women of Character, Courage & Commitment

    March 1, 2014Women's History Month Celebration"Women of Character, Courage & Commitment"The Lake County Women's Coalition will celebrate Women's History Month on Saturday, March 1, 2014.  All Coalition organization members and their guests are invited to attend the Annual Brunch to be held at Brae Loch Golf Club, 33600 N. Highway 45 in Grayslake. Registration begins […]

  • Leveling the Playing Field

    August 14, 2014Women's Equality Day Celebration"Leveling the Playing Field"The Coalition will celebrate Women's Equality Day earlier this year to encourage attendance fromhigh school teachers and students, along with its member organizations.Leveling the Playing Field: "Do the unwritten rules hold women back?"This FREE Seminar will feature video clips depicting women's equality or lack of, followed by a video lecture […]

  • Have Courage, Word Hard

    August 25, 2015Women's Equality Day Celebration"Have Courage, Word Hard"Lake County Women Who Made HistoryTue., Aug. 25, 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm at Warren-Newport Library,  O'Plaine Rd. near Washington)Presenter: Diana Dretske, Lake County Historian, Collections Coordinator, Lake County Discovery MuseumWomen have been reformers, suffragettes and history-makers. Hear true stories of their noteworthy accomplishments and sometimes notorious deeds. […]

  • Working Hard to Form a More Perfect Union

    March 5, 2016Women's History Month Celebration"Working Hard to Form a More Perfect Union"Lake County Women Who Made HistoryAll Coalition organization members and their guests are invited to attend the Annual Brunch to be held at Bonnie Brook Golf Course, 2800 N. Lewis Avenue, Waukegan. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. Cost is $20. (Tables of 8, […]

  • Trailblazing Women in Industry & Labor

    March 4, 2017Women's History Month Celebration"Trailblazing Women in Industry & Labor"HONORING TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN INDUSTRY AND LABOR FEATURING: Mary Harris “Mother” Jones: The March of the Mill ChildrenIn the spring of 1903 Mother Jones, a forceful & controversial labor leader, left the Philadelphia area with striking textile workers including 16,000 children to march 125 miles […]

  • Women of the Civil War

    Warren-Newport Public Library 224 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL, United States

    August 24, 2017Women's Equality Day Celebration"Women of the Civil War"The annual Equality Day, sponsored by the Lake County Women’s Coalition, was celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 7:00 p.m. at the Warren Newport Public Library community room in Gurnee. The program included a dramatic book reviewer Jenny Riddle, who captivated the 100+ audience as she […]

  • Women Empowering Women

    March 3, 2018Women's History Month Celebration"Women Empowering Women, Fighting All Forms of Discrimination"The annual WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH event, sponsored by the Lake County Women’s Coalition, will be celebrated on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Midlane Country Club, Wadsworth, IL. 100% of the proceeds benefit our Scholarship fund.Cost: $25, includes lunch. Registration begins at 10 a.m. […]

  • One Woman, One Vote

    Warren-Newport Public Library 224 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL, United States

    August 2018Women's Equality Day Celebration"One Woman, One Vote."Join us to celebrate Women's Equality Day on August 23, 2018, at Warren Newport Library.The Lake County Women’s Coalition invites you to a free showing of “One Woman, One Vote.”This PBS documentary brings to life through actual photographs and period music the 70-year battle for woman suffrage that […]

  • Visionary Women of Lake County

    "The Journey Home" Join us for brunch as we honor members of our various organizations and celebrate our Scholarship Awardees. Event includes a raffle to support Lake County Women's Coalition Scholarship Fund at CLC. PROGRAM:  Golda Meir - “The Journey Home”How does a girl born in the Ukraine, raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, travel a path […]

  • Equality Day Celebration 2019

    August 2019Women's Equality Day CelebrationFrom Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s electrifying call for women’s rights in 1848 to the passionate outcries of women involved in the Women’s Marches of today, this program endeavors to put the issue of Women’s Equality into a culturally, historically, politically, and socially relevant context of the United States and beyond. Lake County Women’s […]