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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


NU Declassified: Frances Willard: Evanston’s sober sister

NU Declassified: Frances Willard: Evanston’s sober sister

August 10, 2021

Frances Willard holds an important place in history for her role as an educator, prohibitionist and suffragette. Evanston residents claim her as one of their most famous residents. On this episode of NU...

Frances Willard House, 1730 Chicago Ave. After retiring from Northwestern University, Frances Willard worked in Evanston and around the U.S. promoting temperance and women’s suffrage.

A hundred years after ratification, Frances Willard’s legacy remains vital to the 19th Amendment

June 26, 2019

A hundred years ago this month, the passage of the 19th Amendment granted women nationwide the right to vote, with Illinois being among the first states to vote on the amendment’s ratification. The establishment...

Blotter: Oct. 30

October 29, 2013

Man, 73, attacked, robbed at WCTU A 73-year-old man was attacked and robbed Monday afternoon at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Evanston, according to police. Parrott said the man, an...

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