Evanston History

Evanston, Chautauqua, and the Summer of ‘74

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By Janet Olson, CWHL Archivist. [Part three of a series] We mean 1874, of course! It was a time of change, endings and beginnings, for Frances Willard and the temperance movement in Evanston. Willard Leaves Northwestern University Willard’s resignation from Northwestern came after a year of difficulties.[1] In June, 1873, when the Evanston College for … Read more

Pledging the Town

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Part 2 of a series By Janet Olson, CWHL archivist. During 2024, to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (November, 1874), we will be shining a local spotlight on the Evanston women (and men) who were “early adopters” of the temperance campaign. This joint project of the … Read more