Women Building Chicago:
A Biographical Dictionary, 1790-1990
The Chicago Women’s History Center has made featured selections, as well as the book in its entirety, available for free download.
Hard copies of the book are available for purchase in our store.
The following biographical entries are presented here individually. We will add more in the future, check back later.
Selected entries:
Jane Addams
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Kate Doggett
Pearl Hart
Sister Albertus Magnus McGrath
Marion Mahony Griffin
Lucy E. Parsons
Maria del Jesus Saucedo
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Frances E. Willard
Black Women in Women Building Chicago 1790 - 1990
There are forty-five individual entries on Black women in Women Building Chicago. Below is a link to an alphabetized list of these unique biographies.
We are in the process of compiling lists of other specific groups of Women Building Chicago entries. Please check back later for more information.