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Author Archives: Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center

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Evanston Dimensions | A look at some change-making women in Evanston

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center March 15th, 2022March 17th, 2022

On Oct. 26, 1876, in the lecture room of the First Methodist Church in Evanston, 150 people assembled to listen to Sojourner Truth. According to the local newspaper, the Inter-Ocean, […]

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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 3

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center August 27th, 2021December 23rd, 2021

Legalized Restrictions In 1920, Evanston City officials paid $6,000 a year to advertising specialist Charles Ward “to extol the advantages of the summer suburb as a summer resort.” [1] The […]

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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 2

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center August 26th, 2021December 23rd, 2021

Policing the beaches In the direct wake of the 1919 Chicago race riot, Evanston City officials would intensify the monitoring of the City’s beaches. Part of that process involved establishing […]

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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 1

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center August 24th, 2021December 23rd, 2021

Beaches today are widely viewed as sites of recreation, relaxing places where land meets sea. But the history of these sites is nothing if not natural. Evanston’s lakefront has undergone […]

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Evanston Dimensions | Cold, Gray Days in Evanston, Part 3

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center January 29th, 2021August 31st, 2021

Part 3: How Things Ended 100% American The obituary list grew longer, reflecting an expanding landscape of sorrow across the city. Despite the reality of what was unfolding, some officials […]

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Evanston Dimensions | Cold, Gray Days in Evanston, Part 2

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center January 28th, 2021August 31st, 2021

Influenza continued to spread across the country. Now, all Americans were instructed that they were required to join in a new kind of fight being waged on the home front. […]

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Evanston Dimensions | Cold, Gray Days in Evanston

by Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center January 27th, 2021August 31st, 2021

The Evanston History Center is happy to partner with the Evanston RoundTable to share the insights that our expansive collection of Evanston history provides. Public records, newspapers, letters, maps, photographs, […]

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