About Us

Designed to honor Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, an outstanding past president of Mundelein College, the former women's college that joined with Loyola in 1991, the Gannon Center has created and developed a solid collection of programs and activities. The Women and Leadership Archives is a center for collecting, preserving and making available primary source materials on women leaders. The Institute of Women and Leadership sponsors a variety of creative programs that strengthen and enhance leadership and skills among women undergraduates, alumnae and community members.