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Prior to 1920, women were denied the vote in most elections in the United States. The struggle for enfranchisement began with the birth of our nation and was strategized differently in our local, state, and federal elections. Despite what people today believe to be a straightforward goal, the path to women's and minority suffrage was infused with sexism and racism whose roots are still seen today. While wealthy women advocates played a vital role in the women's suffrage movement, they were not the only ones seeking enfranchisement. From attorney Ellen Martin, the first woman to vote in Illinois, to Ida B. Wells, a woman who did not let racism silence her voice, suffrage has been a hard-fought battle by a diverse group of activists in Illinois.
Meet the Speaker: Jeanne Schultz Angel is the Executive Director of the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association in Oak Park. She is a nonprofit administrator and museum professional with more than 25 years working within cultural institutions. She holds a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and Masters degree in History from Illinois State University. Angel has held leadership roles in three Chicagoland historical organizations: St. Charles Heritage Center, Lombard Historical Society/Sheldon Peck Homestead, and Naper Settlement. In addition, she served as the ED of the Illinois Association of Museums. Recently, she was the lead historian in Seeking Charlie: Connecting the Dots Left by a Freedom Seeker in Illinois, a grant funded by the Association of African American Life & History and the National Park Service.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
