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Blades, Barbara
Artist; Former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1978-2004
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Broderick, Virginia, 1917-2004   
Artist specializing in religious subjects; Mundelein College, Class of 1939
Papers: 35 linear ft.; 1909-2003
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Brown, Helen Sauer, 1923-
Peace and feminist activist; Educator; Pastoral Minister; Entrepreneur; MC Class of 1944, M.A. 1970
Papers: .5 linear ft.; 1944-1998
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Burger, Mary Louise Hirsh, 1932-
Early childhood education expert; Professor; Mundelein College, Class of 1954
Papers: 9 linear ft.; 1958-1999
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Carr, Anne E., BVM, 1934-2008   
Theologian; Professor; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. MC Class of 1956, MC faculty
Papers: 3.25 linear ft.; 1964-1995
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Chaplik, Dorothy
Art Historian; Writer (Topic: Jesse Jackson); Mundelein College, Class of 1973
Papers: .25 linear ft.
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Cianci, Beth Brinkman
HERA member, women's rights advocate
Papers: .125 linear ft.
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Ciurej, Barbara and Lindsay Lochman
Artists; Photography; Artemisia Gallery members (Ciurej former President)
Papers, 1 linear ft.; 1980-2010
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Clay, Karen Elise
Adult educator; Founder, Creative Learning Associates; Mundelein College, Class of 1983, M.S. 1989
Papers: .25 linear ft.
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Cooney, Miriam P., CSC
Math Professor; researcher (women religious in mathematics)
Papers, 1955-2011
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Cooper, Barbara
Artist, former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1984-2007
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Corcoran, Irma, BVM, 1905-2000
Professor; Writer; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Mundelein College faculty
Papers: 8 linear ft.; 1876-2000
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Credidio, Ann, BVM
Founder of Damien House; Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1989-2005
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Croteau, Mary Ellen
Artist; Director, Art on Armitage; former member, Artemisia
Papers: 1 linear ft., 1991-2010
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Crowley, Joan Frances, BVM, 1919-2009
History Professor; Mundelein College faculty; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1967-1996
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Crowley, Patricia (Patty) Caron, 1913-2005
Human rights activist; Co-founder of the Christian Family Movement and Deborah's Place
Papers: 55.5 linear ft.; 1880-1996
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Crowley, Patricia Ann, OSB, 1939-
Human rights activist, Howard Area Community Center; Chicago Continuum of Care
12.75 linear ft.; 1937-2007
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Curran, Mary Agnes, OSF, 1931-2002
Social justice activist, South American missionary
1 linear ft.; 1966-2002
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DeCock, Mary, BVM. 1923-2010
Religious Studies; Professor; Administrator; Mundelein College faculty; Loyola University Chicago faculty
Papers: 2.5 linear ft.; 1932-2005
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Dolan, Eleanor Frances, 1907-1987   
AAUW and federal government specialist on higher education for women
Papers: 36 linear ft.; 1920-1986
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Eldred, Marilou Denbo   
College president and administrator; President, Catholic Community Foundation, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Mundelein College, Class of 1963
Papers: 1.5 linear ft.
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Farrell, Carolyn, BVM, 1935-   
Director, Gannon Center for Women and Leadership; President, Mundelein College; Politician; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers: 15.5 linear ft.; 1961-1999
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Ferentz, Nicole
Artist; Loyola University faculty
Papers: 1 linear ft., 2003
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Fortner, Joan Heath
Artists, Fashion designer, Mundelein Class of 1954
Papers: 1.5 linear ft., 1948-1981
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Frisbie, Margery Rowbottom
Writer, Mundelein College, Class of 1944
Papers: 1.0 linear ft.; 1945-1997
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Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM, (1922-2010)   
Artist; Professor; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; MC Class of 1944; faculty
Papers: 1.5 linear ft.; 1971-1996
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Goldboss, Ruth L. Weisman
Leader in the dialogue between the Catholic and Jewish traditions; Mundelein College, Class of 1944
Papers: .25 linear ft; 1961-1994
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Golden, Renny, 1937-
Poetess; Professor; Educator; social justice activist
Papers: 4.5 linear ft.; 1969-2003
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Gordon, Eleanor Risteen
Educator; Academic (English)
Papers: 10 linear ft.; 1890s-1995, n.d.
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Griffin, Mary, 1916-1998
Writer; Professor; Feminist and Civil Rights activist; MC Class of 1939, M.A. 1947, Mundelein College faculty
Papers: 8.5 linear ft.; 1961-1998
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Haley, Mary Patricia (Pat), BVM, 1933-
Educator, Professor, Dean, Mundelein College faculty; Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers, .5 linear ft.; 1973-1994
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Halperin, Grace Eldridge, 1914-2001   
Rights activist; Member of OWL, Equity NOW; Writer
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1914-2001
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Haney, Mary P., 1926-
Consultant on international and domestic women's issues; Writer
Papers: 22.5 linear ft.; 1975-2003
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Hanmer, Karen
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1997-2010
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Harley, Frances M. Mikkelson, 1914-
Composer; Coral director; Co-founder of the TRI-M music Honor Society; Mundelein College, Class of 1936
Papers: .5 linear ft.; 1931-1996
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Hayes, Alice Bourke, 1937-
University president and administrator; Botanist; Mundelein College, Class of 1959
Papers: 4.5 linear ft.; 1960-1997. Additional 6 linear ft., unprocessed.
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Hessley, Agatha Rossetti, 1906-1994
Homemaker
Papers: 1.5 linear ft.; 1970-1993
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Hoffelder, Margaret, SSJ, 1931-2010
Educator (Music and Religion), Former Director of Sophia's Portico
Papers: .75 linear ft., 1989-2010
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Hoope, Mary Anne, BVM, 1942-
Professor, Missionary, Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers: 1 linear ft., 1959-2007
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Hoy, Suellen
Historian; Professor; Scholarship in Catholicism, Chicago, Irish-American History
Papers: 20 linear ft.
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Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria, 1943-   
Theologian, Professor, Activist; Scholarship in Feminist Theology, Social Ethics
Papers: 4.25 linear ft., 1974-2005
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Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, 1925-   
Professor; Theologian; United Farm Worker's Movement activist; Coordinator, Mundelein College Hispanic Institute; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Mundelein College faculty and administrator
Papers: 8 linear ft.; 1958-2001
See Also: Peace Studies Collection
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Kennedy, Lucy. Photograph Collection
Photographer; Gannon Center for Women & Leadership Event Photographer
Papers: 2.5 linear ft.; 1992-2008
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Kiosse, Connie
Founder, Feminist Voices newspaper; author, educator
Papers: 2 linear ft., 1971-2001
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Kochanski, Pauline   
Feminist activist
Papers: .5 linear ft.; 1970-1985
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Kolbenschlag, Madonna, H.M., 1935-2000
Professor; Author; Clinical Psychologist; Feminist activist; Member, Sister of the Humility of Mary
Papers: 33.5 linear ft.; 1957-1999
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Kucera, Kathryn, 1930-
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1950-2010
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Kutchera, Barbara, BVM, 1935-2003
Educator; Activist; Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Papers: 2 linear ft., 1967-2003
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Langdon, Mary Margaret Mitchell (Megs), 1918-1993   
Community Programs Director, Loyola University Chicago; Mundelein College, Class of 1940
Papers: 5 linear ft; 1966-1992
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Lantermann, Margaret
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .15 linear ft., 1991-2002
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Leppke, Gretchen, 1927-
President, Lutheran Women's Caucus; Co-founder, Women of Faith Resource Center; Co-founder, Women, Ministry and the City
Papers: 1.75 linear ft.; 1970-2004
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Lewis Kramer, Linda
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1986-2004
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Lopata, Helena Znaniecka, 1925-2003
Sociologist; Professor
Papers: 21 linear ft.; 1962-1995
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(8 linear ft., unprocessed)

Lulkin, Sheli A.
Union activist, Chicago Teacher's Union and the Coalition of Labor Union
Women; Feminist activist
Papers: 3.75 linear ft.; 1972-2007
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Malagrino, Silvia
Artist; Documentarian, former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1996-2009
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McCambridge, Mercedes, 1916-2004   
Oscar and Golden Globe winning actress and radio performer; Mundelein College, Class of 1937
Papers: 3 linear ft.
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See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
See also: Mercedes McCambridge Digital Exhibit

McHugh, Catherine (Katie), BVM
Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM); Equitable housing advocate; Elder issues advocate
Papers: 1.5 linear ft., 1974-2009
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McMahon, Margot
Artist (Sculptor)
Papers: 2 linear ft., 1983-2004
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Moses, Jacqueline
Artist; Artemisia Gallery member
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1988-2007
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(.15 linear ft., unprocessed)

Moylan, Prudence Ann, 1939-
Historian; Professor; Feminist and social justice Activist; Mundelein College, Class of 1963; Faculty
Papers: 6 linear ft.; 1958-1999
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Muschal-Reinhardt, Rosalie, 1933-
Educator; Catholic Activist
Papers, 2.5 linear ft.; 1946-2006
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Nolan, Janet A., 1946-
Historian; Professor; Irish Emigration, Women, Oral History
Papers: 7 linear ft., 1976-2008
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Obermeyer, Lindsay
Artist; Educator; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1989-2010
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Patricca, Nicholas, 1941-   
Playwright; Theologian; Professor; Mundelein College faculty
Papers: 9.5 linear ft.; 1979-1998
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Patrick, Anne E. SNJM.,
Feminist Theologian; Professor Emeritus, Carleton College
Papers: 1 linear ft., 1969-2009
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Petrides, Olivia
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .5 linear ft., 1988-2010
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Plotkin, Nancy
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1984-2003
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Polos, Patricia F., 1922-2003
ERA activist, Mental Health Reform, OWL member
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1964-2003
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Quinn, Donna, O.P., 1937-   
Co-Founder and Director, Chicago Catholic Women; Co-Founder, Women's Church Convergence;
Educator; Feminist activist; Member, Dominicans Order of the Religious
Papers: 21 linear ft.; 1975-2000
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Roach, Margaret (Peggy) , 1927-2006   
Civil rights and feminist activist; Board member, National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice;
Mundelein College, Class of 1949
Papers: 42 linear ft.; 1927-2006
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See Also: Peggy Roach Digital Exhibit

Roberts, Bari-Ellen, 1952-
Initiator and lead plaintiff, Roberts vs. Texaco; Writer; Businesswoman; Mundelein College, Class of 1978
Papers: 12.5 linear ft.; 1975-2001
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Ronen, Carol
Former Illinois State Senator and Illinois State Legislator, 48th Ward Democratic Party Committeewoman Papers: .5 linear ft.; 1967-2005
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Ross, Susan. PhD.,
Theologian, Professor; Specialist in Systemic, Feminist, Sacramental Theology
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1976-2006
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Ryan, Eileen
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1991-1997
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Schechter, Ruth Lisa (1917-1989)
Poet
Papers: 2 linear ft., 1964-1986
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Schmidt, Jean Dolores, BVM (1919-
Educator, Member, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mundelein College faculty and administrator
Papers: .25 linear ft.; 1960-2006
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Sensemann, Susan
Artist; Professor Emerita in the School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago
Papers: 4 linear ft.; 1969-2009
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Shaffer, Fern
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1983-2005
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Smith, Mary Ann
48th Ward Alderwoman from 1989 to 2007; Human rights advocate
Papers: 45 linear ft., 1974-2008
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(18 linear ft. unprocessed)

Stone, Michelle
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .5 linear ft., 1983-2010
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Stonum, Anna, 1959?-1999   
Disability rights activist; Writer; Artist; Co-founder of the Chicago Chapter of Americans
Disabled for Attendant Program Today (ADAPT)
Papers: .5 linear ft.; 1958-1999
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Sullivan, Catherine (Kay) Herrey, 1917-2006
Mundelein College Alumnae, Class of 1938
Papers: .5 linear ft., 1955-1998
See also: Mundelein College Oral History Project
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Taft, Katherine DeLage, 1917-   
Chemist, Educator
Mundelein College, Class of 1938
Papers: 3.5 linear ft.; 1934-2000
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Thornton, Margaret, BVM, PhD, 1910-1989
Educator, Latin American / Catholic Church history (Brazil);
Mundelein College faculty
Papers: .5 linear ft., 1905-1933
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Tobin, Mary
Artist; Artemisia Gallery member
Papers: .25 linear ft., 1998-2006
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Tuite, Marjorie, O.P., 1922-1986
Feminist and social justice activist; Director, Ecumenical Action for Church Women United; Founder, Women's Coalition to Stop Intervention in Central America; Member, Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs
Papers: 22 linear ft.; 1922-1988
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Van Hyning, Lyrl Clark, 1892-1973
Co-founder of We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America, Inc. and creator of the newsletter, "Women's Voice."
Papers: 10 linear ft.; 1880-2009
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Volini, Marion Jean Kennedy, 1934-   
Alderman, Chicago's 48th ward; President, Edgewater Community Council
Mundelein College, Class of 1956
Papers: 23.5 linear ft; 1962-1993
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Warren, Maureen
Artist, former member, Artemisia
Papers: .15 linear ft., 2001-2010
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Watanuki, Kumiko   
Mundelein College Alum; Business Consultant, Scholar
Papers, .25 linear ft.; 1990-2005
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West, Mollie Leiber, 1916-
Labor activist
Mundelein College, Class of 1978
Papers:  24 linear ft.; 1976-1998
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Zagano, Phyllis   
Theologian, Professor
Scholarship in women's ministry in the Catholic Church
Papers: 24.5 linear ft.,
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Zallman, Toby
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Papers: .15 linear ft., 1984-2010
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Zears, Edith McCroskey, 1890-1993
Speaker's Institute participant, 1930s
Papers: .5 linear ft., 1934-1941
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Organization Records, A - Z   

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8th Day Center for Social Justice, 1975-   
Catholic faith-based NGO for social change
Records: 20 linear ft., 1975-2006
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A College of Their Own (Documentary)
Film (1998) based on the Mundelein College affiliation to Loyola (1991)
Records: 8.25 linear ft., 1986-1998
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Chicago Catholic Women, 1973-2000      
Catholic women's rights advocacy group
Records: 21 linear ft., 1973-1996
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Chicago Women-Church, 1993-
Feminist faith community
Records: .5 linear ft., 1993-2003
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Chicago Women's Club, 1876-1998
Founded 1876, Progressive reform organization
Records: 9 linear ft., 1877-1998
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Church Women United of Illinois, 1912-
Ecumenical Christian women's group, state level
Records: 4.5 linear ft., 1912-1999
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Church Women United, Elmhurst, Villa Park, and Lombard Chapter, 1940-
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Records: 2.5 linear ft., 1940-2009
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Church Women United Naperville Chapter, 1963-2011
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Records: 9 linear ft., 1963-2011
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Church Women United Peoria Chapter, 1943-
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Records: 1.5 linear ft., 1943-2006
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Church Women United Wilmette Chapter, 1946-2007   
Ecumenical Christian women's Group, chapter level
Records: 10 linear ft., 1946-2007
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Deborah's Place, 1984-   
Shelter and advocacy group for homeless women in Chicago
Records: 30.5 linear ft., 1983-2004
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Feminist Forum, 1995-   
Student feminist organization at Loyola University Chicago
Records: .5 linear ft., 1995-2002
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FutureChurch
Catholic Church reform organization, Ohio based
Records, 5 linear ft. 1991-2011
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Gannon Scholars Leadership Program, 1984-   
Leadership Scholarship Organization at Loyola University Chicago
Records: 6.5 linear ft., 1984-2004
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Hispanic Institute, 1974-2003   
Mundelein College Program, established 1976
Records: 5 linear ft., 1974-2003
See also: Carol Frances Jegen, BVM Papers
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History of Women Religious: News
Materials related to teh HWR conference and newsletter
Records: .25 linear ft., 1988-2005
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Homemakers' Equal Rights Association (HERA) 1971-1984
Homemakers' and Equal Rights Amendment advocacy group
Records: 4.5 linear ft., 1971-1984
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Immaculata High School, 1921-1981
Northeast all-girls Catholic High School, Closed 1981
Records: 11 linear ft., 1921-2000
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See also: Immaculata High School Digital Exhibit

Mary's Pence, 1986-   
Catholic women's organization that collects and distributes funds for the self-empowerment of women
Records: 6 linear ft., 1986-2002
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Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence
State chapter member of the Women-Church Convergence, a Catholic organization committed to egalitarianism in the church.
Records: 6.5 linear ft., 1987-2008
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Mundelein College History Project
Materials that comprised the research for the Mundelein Voices monograph
Records: .25 linear ft., 1997-2002
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Mundelein College Laboratory Materials
Psychology Department
Records: 2.5 linear ft., 1942-1972
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Mundelein College Oral Histories
Records: 2 linear ft., 1993-2003
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Nuevo Mundo, 1957      
Experimental school in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Records: 2 linear ft., 1957-2004
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Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG)
Forum for    Interdisciplinary, professional discussion, presentation, and promotion of research in the areas of communication, language, and gender
Records: 10 linear ft., 1966-2000 (Ongoing)
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Peace Studies   
Established at Mundelein College, evolved into minor degree at Loyola University Chicago
Records: 4 linear ft.; 1939-2001
See Also: Carol Frances Jegen, BVM Papers
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Polish Women's Alliance of America, 1898-
Originally a fraternal society that focused on the needs of women & their families.
Records: 8.5 linear ft., plus 68 books (bound copies of Glos Polek), 1898-2006
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Taproots, 1978-   
Organization serving teenage mothers
Records: 1.25 linear ft., 1978-2000
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Theresians of the United States, 1961-
Catholic organization open to all women of faith especially in search of religious vocation.
Records: 57 linear ft., 1961-1996.
Unprocessed: 7 linear ft.
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United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Greater Chicago Chapter, 1989-2001   
Women's rights advocacy group
Records: 5 linear ft., 1990-2001
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Visiting Nurses Association North, 1898-   
Organization that provided nursing care in the Evanston, IL
Records: 6 linear ft., 1898-1997
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Women and Children First Bookstore, 1978-
A Chicago institution and local business; Woman and child centered bookstore
Records: 2.5 linear ft., 1978-2009
Unprocessed: 1 linear ft.
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Women Alive! Exhibition Records, 2003   
"A Legacy of Social Justice" Chicago Installation
Records: 3.5 linear ft., 1980-2003
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Women-Church Convergence, 1982-   
Coalition of autonomous Catholic organizations committed to egalitarian and self-governing participation of women in the Church
Records: 24.25 linear ft., 1979-2007
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Women, Ministry and the City, 1982-   
Program to provide women seminarians with the opportunity to work with women already ministering in parishes and congregations
Records: 12 linear ft., 1982-1999 
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
A women's group dedicated to ending war and an ensuing peace
Records: .5 linear ft., 1968-1994
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Women's Studies Program, 1977-
Oldest Women's Studies Program at a Jesuit University or College
Records: 6.75 linear ft., 1977-2001
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WorldWIDE Network, 1990-
International Environmental Consortium for & by women
Records: 1 linear ft.; 1990-1995
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Zonta International Oak Park Chapter
Women's advancement organization
Records: 12 linear ft.; 1944-2006
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