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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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  • March is Women's History Month

    March is Women's History Month

    Check out the calendar of events celebrating Women's History Month at Loyola.

  • Limited hours March 4-8, 2019

    The WLA will be open limited hours during Loyola's spring break March 4-8, 2019. Please call (773.508.8837) or email (wlarchives@luc.edu) ahead of time to set up an appointment.
  • Unsung Heroes in the History of STEM and Health Sciences

    Unsung Heroes in the History of STEM and Health Sciences

    Sister Mary Therese Langerbeck, BVM, reportedly “the world’s first Sister-Doctor of Astrophysics” has been included in the Society of American Archivists list of "Unsung Heroes in the History of STEM and Health Sciences." Sr. Langerbeck taught physics at Mundelein College in Chicago from 1936-1970. (Photo: Sister Langerbeck with globe, n.d.)
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  • Color Our Collections 2019

    Color Our Collections 2019

    #ColorOurCollections is a week-long coloring fest on social media organized by libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world. These institutions create and share free coloring books using materials from their collections. Check out the WLA's coloring book for 2019.
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  • Risk Versus Benefit

    Risk Versus Benefit

    The Society of American Archivists awarded Nancy Freeman, recent WLA Director, honorable mention in the 2018 Archives Short Fiction Contest for her short story, "Risk Versus Benefit."
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  • WLA closed January 30 & 31

    Due to the predicted record-breaking frigid temps, the WLA will be closed Wednesday (1/30) and Thursday (1/31). Regular hours will resume on Friday (2/1). Stay warm!

  • Spring 2019 Hours

    Beginning January 14, 2019
    Monday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Tuesday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m
    Wednesday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
    Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

    Closed Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 21
  • Loyola Awards Grant to Help Commemorate 150-Year History

    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.
  • Introducing Voices From Mundelein: Media Portal

    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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  • Jean Fritz and the Chicago Seven Trial

    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

    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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  • Peace Studies Digital Exhibit

    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

    Sister Jean: Back in the Day

    Before the world fell in love with her, we knew Sister Jean (Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM) from her long career at Mundelein College.
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    Why is there an angel on our webpage?

    Curious as to why there is an angel on the side of our page? Click here to learn more!