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11/09/2018 10:00 PM
The 8th Day Center for Justice was an organization that fought for social justice issues in Chicago. From 1974 until its closing earlier in 2018, the Center involved itself in various activism efforts. Those campaigns are still relevant and controversial today: hunger, poverty, anti-war movements, immigration, a women’s right to choose, and nuclear disarmament remain important topics of discussion within religious groups and a broader American society. The Women and Leadership Archives hold the files of the 8th Day Center, which includes its administrative records, issue research materials, publications, and memorabilia. It is a veritable treasure trove of Chicago religious activism. More details are in the group’s finding aid: https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/wla/pdfs/8th%20Day%20Center%20for%20Justice.pdf (Photos: 8th Day Members, n.d., 8th Day protesters, n.d., and 8th Day ERA advertisement, c. 1980s)
11/09/2018 03:34 PM
Emily's new blog post is about a special program from the 1950s and 1960s that gave financial assistance to women over 35 in order for them to attend graduate school. It's relevant for graduate students and people of all ages! http://libblogs.luc.edu/wla/2018/11/09/the-women-of-the-college-faculty-program/
11/02/2018 03:30 PM
Dominican nun Marjorie Tuite (1917-1988) dedicated her life to social justice. This New York nun was active for decades in every issue from the peace movement, to activism for nuclear disarmament, to human rights in Central America. Sr. Tuite, O.P. gained an even more controversial reputation through her signing of a controversial statement of Catholics on women’s right to choose. You can read all about her work through her papers here at the WLA: https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/wla/pdfs/Tuite-Marjorie.pdf (Photos: Marjorie Tuite, n.d.)
10/31/2018 06:00 PM
What frightens an archivist? We took a poll here to find out, and came up with some things that scare us in the office: - Rusty paperclips on documents (cringe) - The feeling of onion paper (we swear, look it up) - Spilling food or drink on materials (a disaster) - Only pens, no pencils (alarming) - Archival boxes without labels (a nightmare) - Disembodied voices in the basement archives (however, it's usually just Emily) Happy Halloween!
10/30/2018 03:30 PM
As we wrap up Archives Month 2018, we have more stories about the people in our collections. Kate shared a few of her favorites in the latest blog post - come and see! http://libblogs.luc.edu/wla/2018/10/02/a-few-of-my-favorite-things-kates-top-collections/

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Women's Legacy

The Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) collects, preserves, and makes available permanently valuable records of women and women's organizations, which document women's lives, roles, and contributions.

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Loyola Awards Grant to Help Commemorate 150-Year History
Loyola has started initial planning for its 150th anniversary by documenting and digitizing its rich history. The grant will fund employment for four graduate students as Sesquicentennial Scholars in University Archives and Special Collections in Cudahy Library and the Women and Leadership Archives in Piper Hall.
Class visit at Water Tower Campus
On October 29, 2018, Nancy Freeman, WLA Director, visited COMM 402: Organizational Leadership and Change Management taught by Adjunct Faculty, Mary Hills. Nancy talked about archives and how to use archival collections. Although the class was offsite at the Water Tower Campus, a few archival collections travelled to class so students could work together in small groups to delve further into collections and analyze the content of the records.
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Closed for Thanksgiving
The WLA will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 22 and 23, 2018. We will resume regular Fall 2018 hours on Monday, November 26.
Introducing Voices From Mundelein: Media Portal
The WLA’s new portal features more than 30 interviews that allow listeners to discover the history of Mundelein College through the personal experiences of students, faculty, and staff. This resource, created by Loyola History PhD candidates Jenny Clay and Nathan Ellstrand, was funded through the LUC Libraries.
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Chicago’s Innovative Sisters of Theater
Check out the latest post from the Lakefront Historian, a student-run public history blog from Chicago: A Reflection on the Mundelein College Drama Department.
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Jean Fritz and the Chicago Seven Trial
Jean Fritz, a 51-year-old mother of three, found herself in the middle of one of the most publicized a controversial trial of her time. She spent four months sequestered in a hotel and separated from her family and the outside world as she, and the other eleven jurors, held the fate of seven young defendants in their hands.
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Chicago’s History of Activism
The Women and Leadership Archives recently contributed materials to the Chicago Collections Consortium for a new online exhibit titled Place of Protest: Chicago’s Legacy of Dissent, Declaration, and Disruption.
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Adapt or Perish
The Women and Leadership Archives provided records to Gallery 400’s new exhibit, Chicago Disability Activism, Arts, and Design: 1970s to Today, which explores the disability rights movement in Chicago through the artwork of Chicago-based artists with disabilities.
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The Gannon Center at 25
The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership celebrates its 25th anniversary this year! Visit the timeline to learn more about the history of the Gannon Center.
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Fall 2018 Hours
Monday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Peace Studies Digital Exhibit
Oral histories tell the story of Peace Studies at Loyola University Chicago which was conceived out of an obligation to make a difference in the world. That responsibility was the primary mission of Mundelein College which launched the Peace Studies program in 1989 and brought it to Loyola when the two institutions affiliated in 1991. The scholars who made that transition happen tell the stories of their commitment to social justice, collective action, and scholarly rigor which has inspired the Peace Studies program from its birth at Mundelein College to its home at Loyola University Chicago.
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Sister Jean: Back in the Day
Before the world fell in love with her, we knew Sister Jean (Jean Delores Schmidt, BVM) from her long career at Mundelein College.
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