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Adorjan, Carol
Author, Playwright
Mundelein College, Class of 1956
Materials from 1954-2018
Preliminary Finding Aid
Athans, Christine, BVM [1932-2019]
Adjunct Professor, Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1970-2006
Baron, Enid [1936-2022]
Counselor, Poet, Mundelein College Director of Counseling and Home Economics instructor
Materials from 1974-2002
Finding Aid
Beane, Marjorie L. [1946- ]
Educator, Former woman religious, Mallinckrodt College President, Loyola University Chicago administrator
Materials from 1954-1993
Belmonte, Frances (Fran)
Loyola University Chicago faculty, Feminist theologian
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Blades, Barbara [1938- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1976–2004
Finding Aid
Bonaguro, Jyl
Loyola University Chicago alum (BA '98), Artist, Sculptor, Playwright
Materials from 2001-2024
Preliminary Finding Aid
Boylan, Anne [1947- ]
Historian, Women's history
Mundelein College, Class of 1968; Immaculata High School, 1964
Materials from 1962–1969
Braun, Carol Moseley [1947- ]
First African-American woman U.S. Senator; First woman U.S. Senator from Illinois; U.S. Ambassador
Materials from 1969-2019
Broderick, Virginia [1917–2004]
Artist specializing in religious subjects
Mundelein College, Class of 1939
Materials from 1901–2004
Brown, Helen Sauer [1923–2016]
Peace and feminist activist, Educator, Pastoral minister, Entrepreneur
Mundelein College, Class of 1944, MA 1970
Materials from 1944–2002
Browne, Valerie Gerrard [1940- ]
Archivist, first director of the Women and Leadership Archives (1994 to 2004)
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Burger, Mary Louise Hirsh [1932–2018]
Early-childhood education expert, Professor
Mundelein College, Class of 1954
Materials from 1957–1999
Carr, Anne E., BVM [1934–2008]
Theologian, Professor, Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mundelein College, Class of 1956,
Materials from 1958–2016
Chaplik, Dorothy [1922- ]
Art historian, Writer (Topic: Jesse Jackson)
Mundelein College, Class of 1973
Materials from 1984-2005
Cianci, Beth Brinkman [1954- ]
HERA member, Women's rights advocate
Materials from 1980-1983
Ciral, Diane [1934- ]
Activist, Friends of the Parks, Sister Cities International
Materials from 1898–2012
Ciurej, Barbara [1956- ] and Lindsay Lochman [1952- ]
Artists, Photography, Artemisia Gallery members (Ciurej former President)
Materials from 1980–2010
Cooney, Miriam P., CSC [1925-2020]
Math professor, Researcher (Topic: Women religious in mathematics), Sisters of the Holy Cross
Materials from 1954–2011
Finding Aid 
Cooper, Barbara [1949- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1967–2012
Finding Aid
Corcoran, Irma, BVM [1905–2000]
Professor, Writer, Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1876–2001
Finding Aid
Credidio, Ann, BVM
Founder of Damien House, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1989–2005
Finding Aid
Croteau, Mary Ellen [1950-2019]
Artist, Art on Armitage director, Artemisia Gallery member, SisterSerpents member
Materials from 1963–2019
Finding Aid
Crowley, Joan Frances, BVM [1919–2009]
History professor, Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1967–1996
Finding Aid
Crowley, Patricia Ann, OSB [1939–2023]
Human rights activist, Howard Area Community Center, Chicago Continuum of Care, Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
Materials from 1937–2007
Finding Aid
Crowley, Patricia (Patty) Caron [1913–2005]
Human rights activist, Co-founder of the Christian Family Movement and Deborah's Place
Materials from 1913–2006
Curran, Mary Agnes, OSF [1931–2002]
Social justice activist, South American missionary, Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Materials from 1966–2002
Finding Aid
David, Anita [1946- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1977-2002
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
DeCock, Mary, BVM [1923–2010]
Religious Studies, Professor, Administrator, Mundelein College faculty; Loyola University Chicago faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1932–2005
Dear, Ruth [1914-2017]
Writer, Peace activist, Gray Panther
Materials from 1942-2011
Preliminary Finding Aid
Dolan, Eleanor Frances [1907–1987]
American Association of University Women (AAUW) and federal government specialist on higher education for women
Materials from 1912–1993
Finding Aid
Eldred, Marilou Denbo [1940– ]
College president and administrator, Catholic Community Foundation President, former woman religious
Mundelein College, Class of 1963
Materials from 1997-2004
Finding Aid
Farrell, Carolyn, BVM [1934–2020]
Gannon Center for Women and Leadership Director, Mundelein College President, Politician, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1942–2006
Finding Aid
Ferentz, Nicole
Artist, Loyola University Chicago faculty
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Fire, Michelle [1951- ]
Artist, Business owner, LGBTQ activist
Materials from 1973-2016
Finding Aid
Flanagan, Joan
Author, Activist, Grassroots fundraising, The Dinner Party Project
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Fortner, Joan Heath [1932–2024]
Artist, Fashion designer
Mundelein College, Class of 1954
Materials from 1948–1981
Finding Aid
Frisbie, Margery [1923-2021]
Writer, Mundelein College Public Relations Director
Mundelein College, Class of 1944
Materials from 1945–2008
Finding Aid
Fritz, Jean [1918-2018]
Juror on Chicago 7 Trial, Homemaker
Materials from 1927-2020
Preliminary Finding Aid
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM [1922–2010]
Artist, Professor, Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mundelein College, Class of 1944
Materials from 1958-2009
Finding Aid
Gannon, Ann Ida, BVM [1915-2018]
Mundelein College President 1957-1975, Professor, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from ~1928-2014
Goldboss, Ruth [1923-2015]
Leader in the dialogue between the Catholic and Jewish traditions
Mundelein College, Class of 1944
Materials from 1961–2004
Preliminary Finding Aid
Golden, Corinne (Renny) [1937– ]
Poet, Professor, Educator, Social justice activist
Materials from 1969–2019
Gordon, Eleanor Risteen [1935–1994]
Educator, Academic (English), writer, poet
Materials from 1924-1996
Finding Aid
Gorman, Geraldine
Nurse, Visiting Nurses Association
Materials from 1919–2001
Finding Aid
Grams, Diane [1957- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member, Urban art, Loyola University Chicago alum (MA '01, PhD '04), Academic (Sociology) 
Materials from 1986-2008
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Granacki, Victoria [1947- ]
Writer, Chicago Polish community, historic preservation, The Polish Museum of America, Board of Directors
Mundelein College, Class of 1969
Materials from 1966-2024
Griffin, Mary [1916–1998]
Writer, Professor, Feminist and Civil Rights activist, Mundelein College faculty
Mundelein College, Class of 1939, MA 1947
Materials from 1920–1998
‌Haley, Mary Patricia (Pat), BVM [1933–2015]
Educator, Professor, Dean, Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1973–1994
Finding Aid
Halperin, Grace Eldridge [1914–2001]
Rights activist, Member of the Older Women's League (OWL), Equity NOW, Writer
Materials from 1914–2001
Finding Aid
Haney, Mary P. [1926– ]
Consultant on international and domestic women's issues, Writer
Materials from 1969-2003
Finding Aid
Hanmer, Karen
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1997–2010
Finding Aid
Harley, Frances M. Mikkelson [1914–2005]
Composer, Choral director, Co-founder of the TRI-M music Honor Society
Mundelein College, Class of 1936
Materials from 1931–1996
Finding Aid
Harmel, Carole
Artist, Photographer, Harry S. Truman College faculty, Founding member of Artemisia Gallery
Materials from 1969–2011
Finding Aid
Harrington, Ann, BVM [1939-2024]
Mundelein College faculty, Loyola University Chicago faculty, Asian History
Mundelein College, Class of 1962
Materials from 1966-2012
Hayes, Alice Bourke [1937–2023]
Botanist, University president and administrator
Mundelein College, Class of 1959
Materials from 1959–2006
Heldt, Barbara [1940- ]
Professor Emeritus of Russian at University of British Columbia, research areas in Russian literature by women, gender analysis, and feminist perspectives
Materials from1970-1975
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Hessley, Agatha Rossetti [1906–1994]
Homemaker
Materials from 1970–2005
Finding Aid
Hibbard, Angela, IHM
Woman religious, Immaculate Heart of Mary
Materials from 1921-2022
Preliminary Finding Aid
Hoelscher, Joanna [1937-2020]
Citizens for a Better Environment, League of Women Voters, public interest work in Chicago
Materials from 1943-2002
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Hoffelder, Margaret, SSJ [1931–2010]
Educator (Music and Religion), Former Director of Sophia's Portico, Sisters of St. Joseph
Materials from 1960–2010
Finding Aid
Hoope, Mary Anne, BVM [1942– ]
Professor, Missionary, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1959–2011
Finding Aid
Hoy, Suellen [1942–2023]
Historian, Professor, Scholarship (Catholicism, Chicago, and Irish-American History)
Materials from 1810–2013
Finding Aid
Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria [1943–2012]
Theologian, Professor, Activist, Scholarship (Feminist Theology), Social Ethics
Materials from1974–2005
Finding Aid
Jackson, Francis Yvonne
Mundelein College, Class of 1975, Author
Materials from 1975-2025
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM [1925–2020]
Professor, Theologian, United Farm Worker's Movement activist, Coordinator of Mundelein College Hispanic Institute, Mundelein College faculty and administrator, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1958–2014
Kennedy, Lucy. Photograph Collection
Photographer, Gannon Center for Women and Leadership Event Photographer
Materials from 1992–2008
Finding Aid
Kiosse, Connie
Feminist Voices newspaper founder, author, educator
Materials from 1970–2001
Kochanski, Pauline
Feminist activist, photographer
Materials from 1963-1990
Finding Aid
Kolbenschlag, Madonna, H.M. [1935–2000]
Professor, Author, Clinical Psychologist, Feminist activist, Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Materials from 1957–2001
Finding Aid
Kollath, Marilyn
Theatre, Chicago Women's Theatre Group
Mundelein College, Class of 1977; Weekend College
Materials from 1974-1985
Preliminary Finding Aid
Kramer, Linda Lewis [1937- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1987–2010
Finding Aid
Krantz, Claire Wolf [1938-2021]
Artist, Critic, Curator
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Kucera, Kathryn [1930–2025]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1950–2011
Finding Aid
Kulczycki, Regina Bowgierd [1942-2019]
Psychiatrist; Named scholarship, Polish Studies Program, Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1960-2011
Preliminary Finding Aid
Kutchera, Barbara, BVM [1935–2003]
Educator, Activist, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1967–2003
Langdon, Mary Margaret [1918–1993]
Community Programs Director, Loyola University Chicago
Mundelein College, Class of 1940
Materials from 1966–1997
Finding Aid
Lanterman, Margaret
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1991–2002
Finding Aid
Lehar, Kathryn [1943- ]
Artist, Sculptor, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1977-2018
Finding Aid
Leppke, Gretchen [1927–2019]
President, Lutheran Women's Caucus; Co-founder, Women of Faith Resource Center; Co-founder, Women, Ministry and the City
Materials from 1954-2009
Finding Aid
Lopata, Helena Znaniecka [1925–2003]
Sociologist, Professor
Materials from 1870–2005
Finding Aid
Lulkin, Sheli A. [1936-2016]
Union activist, Chicago Teacher's Union and the Coalition of Labor Union Women, Feminist activist
Materials from 1944-2009
Finding Aid
Mahoney, Barbara Baynes [1933-2022]
Watercolor Artist, Mundelein College, Class of 1953
Materials from ~1953-2007
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Malagrino, Silvia
Artist, Documentarian, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1985–2011
Finding Aid
Martin, Imogene & Ruby  
Cousins who served overseas as nurses in the U.S. Army during WWII
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
McCambridge, Mercedes [1916–2004]
Oscar and Golden Globe winning actress and radio performer
Mundelein College, Class of 1937
Materials from 1935-2004
McClane, Mattie [1958- ]
Novelist, poet, journalist
Materials from 1965-2026
McDermott, Dana
Loyola University Chicago alumna (Psychology BS '71, MA '75, PhD '77), Certified Family Life Educator, formed the Loyola Student Volunteers (now Voluntary Action Program)
Materials from 1971-2018
McDermott, Janet Sass
Women Employed, Labor Movement
Mundelein College, Class of 1969
Materials from 1968-2020
Preliminary Finding Aid
McHugh, Catherine (Katie), BVM [1925-2014]
Equitable housing advocate, Elder issues advocate, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1974–2009
Finding Aid
McMahon, Margot
Artist (Sculptor)
Materials from 1983–2004
Finding Aid
Miroglotta, Halle
The Postcard Project, Loyola University Chicago alumna
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Moses, Jacqueline
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1988–2011
Finding Aid
Moylan, Prudence Ann [1939- ]
Historian, Professor, Feminist and social justice activist, Mundelein College faculty
Mundelein College, Class of 1963
Materials from 1958–2016
Finding Aid
Murphy, Bren Ortega [1949-2021]
Educator, Loyola faculty in School of Communications and Womens Studies/Gender Studies
Materials from 1976-2013
Muschal-Reinhardt, Rosalie [1933–2013]
Educator, Catholic activist
Materials from 1949–2006
Finding Aid
Nolan, Janet A. [1946– ]
Historian, Professor, Irish Emigration, Women, Oral History
Materials from 1969–2008
Finding Aid
Obermeyer, Lindsay [1966– ]
Artist, Educator, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1989–2010
Finding Aid
Pappas, Maria [1949- ]
Cook County Treasurer, Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1966-2024
Patricca, Nicholas [1941- ]
Playwright, Theologian, Professor, Mundelein College faculty
Materials from 1960–2012
Finding Aid
Patrick, Anne E. SNJM [1941-2016]
Feminist Theologian, Carleton College Professor Emeritus, Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary
Materials from 1969–2015
Finding Aid
Petrides, Olivia
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Materials from 1973–2019
Finding Aid
Pinney, Melissa Ann [1951- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1975-2023
Finding Aid
Plotkin, Nancy [1932–2013]
Artist; former member, Artemisia
Materials from 1984–2005
Finding Aid
Poe, Joy
Artist, Founder of Artemisia Gallery
Materials from 2011
Finding Aid
Polos, Patricia F. [1922–2003]
ERA activist, Mental health reform, Senior rights, Older Women's League (OWL) member
Materials from 1964–2003
Finding Aid
Quinn, Donna, O.P. [1937-2021]
Co-Founder and Director of Chicago Catholic Women, Co-Founder of Women's Church Convergence, Educator, Feminist activist, Dominicans Order of the Religious
Materials from 1975–2009
Finding Aid
Ramirez-Odell, Helen [1942-2022]
Labor leader, Chicago Public School nurse, Activist, Loyola alumna (School of Nursing)
Materials from 1949-2013
Preliminary Finding Aid
‌Roach, Peggy [1927–2006]
Civil rights and feminist activist, National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice board member,
Mundelein College, Class of 1949
Materials from 1927–2015
Roberts, Bari-Ellen [1952- ]
Roberts vs. Texaco initiator and lead plaintiff, Writer, Businesswoman
Mundelein College, Class of 1978
Materials from 1975–2002
Ronen, Carol [1945- ]
Former Illinois State Senator and Illinois State Legislator, 48th Ward Democratic Party Committeewoman
Materials from 1952–2009
Finding Aid
Ross, Susan
Theologian, Professor, Specialist in Systemic, Feminist, Sacramental Theology
Materials from 1972–2019
Finding Aid
Roth, Judith [1935-2019]
Artist, Founder of Ravenswood ArtWalk
Materials from ~1945-2018
Preliminary Finding Aid
Ryan, Eileen [1957- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1991–1997
Finding Aid
Ryan, Orletta [d. 2008]
Author on race and education in New York
Mundelein College alumna
Materials from 1963–2012
Finding Aid
Schechter, Ruth Lisa [1917-1989]
Poet, Mundelein College Poet-in-Residence, Poetry therapist
Materials from 1964–1986
Schmidt, Jean Dolores, BVM [1919-2025]
Educator, Mundelein College faculty and administrator, Loyola University Chicago Men’s Basketball chaplain, “Sister Jean”, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1960–2006
Finding Aid
Schultz, Rima Lunin [1943- ]
Historian (Jane Addams, Chicago women's history), Author
Materials from 1857-2016
Sensemann, Susan [1949- ]
Artist, University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Emerita in the School of Art and Design
Materials from 1969–2011
Finding Aid
Shaffer, Fern [1944- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1982–2005
Finding Aid
Simpson, Diane [1935- ]
Artist (mixed media)
Materials from 1978–2012
Finding Aid
Smith, Mary Ann [1946-2024]
Chicago's 48th Ward Alderman 1989-2011, Human rights advocate
Mundelein College, Class of 1985
Materials from 1974–2011
Smith, Frances [1957- ]
Student photography and film
Mundelein College, Class of 1979
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Stewart, Elizabeth-Anne
Author, Life coach, Spiritual director, English Professor
Materials from 1969-2018
Stewart, Ellen [1869-1958]
Graduate of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, Hospital superintendent, Held positions with U.S. Army and Red Cross
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Stone, Michelle [1951- ]
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1979–2011
Finding Aid
Stonum, Anna [1958–1999]
Disability rights activist, Writer, Artist, Co-founder of the Chicago Chapter of Americans Disabled for Attendant Program Today (ADAPT)
Materials from 1958–1999
Finding Aid
Sullivan, Catherine (Kay) Heerey [1917-2006]
Mundelein College, Class of 1938
Materials from 1955–1998
Finding Aid
Taddeo, Angelina (Angie) [1928-2022]
Educator, Homemaker, Music
Mundelein College, Class of 1950
Materials from 1946-1951
Finding Aid
Taft, Katherine D. [1917-2011]
Chemist, Educator
Mundelein College, Class of 1938
Materials from 1923–2009
Finding Aid
Taylor, Patricia
Older Women's League (OWL), Aging issues, North Shore Senior Center
Materials from 1975-2012
Preliminary Finding Aid
Thornton, Margaret, BVM [1910-1989]
Educator, Latin American/Catholic Church history (Brazil), Mundelein College faculty, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Materials from 1905–1933
Finding Aid
Tobin, Mary
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1998–2006
Finding Aid
Tuite, Marjorie, O.P. [1917-1988]
Feminist and social justice activist, Director of Ecumenical Action for Church Women United, Founder of Women's Coalition to Stop Intervention in Central America, Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs
Materials from 1917–2006
Finding Aid
Van Cleve, Barbara [1935- ]
Photographer, Mundelein College faculty
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Van Hyning, Lyrl Clark [1881-1982]
Co-founder of We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America, Inc. and creator of the newsletter, Women's Voice
Materials from 1880–2009
Finding Aid
Volini, Marion Jean Kennedy [1934-2018]
Chicago's 48th Ward Alderman, President of Edgewater Community Council
Mundelein College, Class of 1956
Materials from 1956–1993
Finding Aid
Warren, Maureen
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1996–2010
Finding Aid
Watanuki, Kumiko [1932-2013]
Business Consultant, Scholar
Mundelein College Alumna
Materials from 1990–2005
Finding Aid
West, Mollie [1916-2015]
Labor activist
Mundelein College, Class of 1978
Materials from 1916-2016
Wood, Corinne [1954-2021]
Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law alumna
Materials from 1985-2018
Preliminary Finding Aid
Zagano, Phyllis [1947- ]
Theologian, Professor, Scholarship in women's ministry in the Catholic Church
Materials from 1957-2021
Finding Aid
Zallman, Toby
Artist, Artemisia Gallery member
Materials from 1984–2010
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Zears, Edith McCroskey [1890-1993]
Speaker's Institute participant, 1930s
Materials from 1934–1941
Finding Aid

Organization Records

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8th Day Center for Social Justice [1975- ]
Catholic faith-based NGO for social change
Materials from 1968–2011
Finding Aid
Bookwomen of McHenry County
Women's reading group in McHenry County, IL
Materials from 1989–2016
Finding Aid
BVM Reference Collection
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) Congregation of Women Religious based in Dubuque, Iowa
Materials from 1919-2010
Preliminary Finding Aid
Celtic Women International - Chicago
Chicago branch of nonprofit for women in the Celtic diaspora
Materials from 1998-2022
Preliminary Finding Aid
Chicago Catholic Women [1973-2000]
Catholic women's rights advocacy group
Materials from 1944–2008
Finding Aid
Chicago Network for Justice and Peace 
Nonprofit that promotes literacy and the use of the literary arts for creating effective communication within and across cultures, seeking to foster community building and the cause for justice and peace 
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Chicago Woman's Club [1876-1998]
Progressive reform organization
Materials from 1877–1998
Chicago Women-Church [1993- ]
Feminist faith community
Materials from 1993–2007
Chicago Women's Uprising [1981-1985]
Independent group working for revolutionary change with roots in the Feminists Against Militarism Conference
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Church Women United Illinois [1912- ]
Ecumenical Christian women's group, state level
Materials from 1912–2009
Church Women United, Elgin Chapter
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from 1941-2013
Finding Aid
Church Women United, Elmhurst, Villa Park, and Lombard Chapter [1940- ]
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from 1940–2009
Finding Aid
Church Women United, Greater Chicago
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from ~1964-2005
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Church Women United, Harrisburg
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Church Women United, Naperville Chapter [1963-2011]
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from 1963–2011
Finding Aid
Church Women United, Peoria Chapter [1943- ]
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from 1943–2006
Finding Aid
Church Women United, Rockford Chapter [1921-2012]
Ecumenical Christian women's group, chapter level
Materials from 1946–2012
Finding Aid
Church Women United, Wilmette Chapter [1946-2007]
Ecumenical Christian women's Group, chapter level
Materials from 1946–2007
Finding Aid
A College of Their Own (Documentary)
Film (1998) based on the Mundelein College affiliation to Loyola (1991)
Materials from 1986–1998
Finding Aid
Deborah's Place [1984- ]
Shelter and advocacy group for homeless women in Chicago
Materials from 1983–2004
Finding Aid
Dorothy Stang High School [2005-2019]
Bilingual high school that served Latinx adults in Chicago, co-founded by Renny Golden
Materials from 2007-2018
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Eleanor Foundation
Boardinghouses for young working women in Chicago
Materials from ~1894-2001
Feminist Forum [1995- ]
Student feminist organization at Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1995–2002
Finding Aid
FutureChurch
Catholic Church reform organization, Ohio based
Materials from 1991–2014
Finding Aid
Gannon Center for Women and Leadership [1991- ]
Women and leadership center at Loyola University Chicago honoring Ann Ida Gannon, BVM
Materials from 1971-2007
Finding Aid
Gannon Scholars Leadership Program [1984- ]
Leadership scholarship organization at Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1982–2008
Finding Aid
Girls Rock! Chicago [2006- ]
Youth music education organization in Chicago
Materials from 2006-2019
Hispanic Institute [est. 1976]
Mundelein College Program
Materials from 1974–2003
Finding Aid
History of Women Religious: News
Materials related to the HWR conference and newsletter
Materials from 1988–2005
Finding Aid
Homemakers' Equal Rights Association (HERA) [1971-1987]
Homemakers' and Equal Rights Amendment advocacy group
Materials from 1971–1987
Immaculata High School [1921-1981]
Northeast all-girls Catholic High School
These records are no longer located at the WLA.
Moved to:
Mount Carmel Archives, BVM Center
Dubuque, Iowa
563-588-2351
archives@bvmsisters.org
IMPACT Chicago [1987- ]
Nonprofit that teaches self-defense to women, girls, and ​people with disabilities with a mission to end violence and build a non-violent world
Materials from 1988-2012
Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue (ICCD) [2002- ]
Organization that supports people of faith in addressing issues of church and society through a process of contemplation and dialogue. Nancy Sylvester, IHM, Executive Director
Materials from 2000-2018
Kappa Gamma Pi [1926- ]
National Catholic college graduate honor society originally for women.
Materials from 1929-2019
Legion of Young Polish Women [1939- ]
A Chicago-based non-profit organization focusing on supporting charitable, scientific, educational, and literary causes as well as promoting Polish heritage and culture
Materials from 1939–2014
‌See Also: Legion of Young Polish Women Digital Exhibit (Polish and English versions)
Limina [1985-2004?]
Nonprofit organization that examines and celebrates themes from women’s life experiences
Materials from 1977-2012
Lost Coin Women's Fund [1992- ]
Charitable organization, Massachusetts Women-Church
Materials from 1992–2011
Finding Aid
Mary's Pence [1987- ]
Catholic women's organization that collects and distributes funds for the self-empowerment of women
Materials from 1985-2005
Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence [1988- ]
State chapter member of the Women-Church Convergence, a Catholic organization committed to egalitarianism in the church.
Materials from 1987–2012
Finding Aid
Mundelein College Paper Records
Paper records related to Mundelein College
Materials from 1900–2016
Mundelein College Photograph Collection
Photographs from Mundelein College
Materials from 1923-2008
Mundelein College Audiovisual Collection
Audiovisual materials related to Mundelein College
Materials from 1950–1997
Mundelein College History Project Records
Materials that comprised the research for the Mundelein Voices monograph
Materials from 1997–2002
Finding Aid
Mundelein College Laboratory Materials
Psychology Department
Materials from 1942–1972
Finding Aid
Mundelein College Oral Histories Records
Materials from 1993–2003
Finding Aid
National Women's Martial Arts Federation (NWMAF) [1979- ]
International association for practitioners of martial arts focused on self-defense and empowerment
Materials from ~1982-2010
Preliminary Finding Aid
Nuevo Mundo [1979- ]
Experimental school in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Materials from 1957–2009
Finding Aid
OSCLG (Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender) [1978- ]
Forum for Interdisciplinary, professional discussion, presentation, and promotion of research in the areas of communication, language, and gender
Materials from 1943–2025
Finding Aid
Peace Ribbons Collection [circa 1985]
Peace ribbons created in Illinois that were part of August 4, 1985, event in Washington, DC promoting nuclear disarmament  
Materials from 1985-1986
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Peace Studies
Academic program established at Mundelein College, evolved into minor degree at Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1939–2001
Polish Women's Alliance of America (PWA) [1898- ]
Originally a fraternal society that focused on the needs of women & their families.
Materials from 1894-2019
Project I.R.E.N.E. (Illinois Religious Engaging in Nonviolent Endeavors)
Social justice organization promoting the well-being of women and children initiated by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), Region 8
Materials from 1990–2018
Finding Aid
Sisters Against Sexism [1979- ]
Women-Church Convergence feminist-based community located in the Greater Washington, DC area
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
SisterSerpents
Radical feminist art collective, Chicago
Materials from 1979–2001
Taproots [1978–]
Teen Age Parents Realizing Ongoing Orientation Toward Success, Organization serving teenage mothers
Materials from 1978–2000
Finding Aid
Theresians International [1961- ]
Catholic organization open to all women of faith especially in search of religious vocation.
Materials from 1925–2008
Finding Aid
UNIFEM Chicago [1989-2001]
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Greater Chicago Chapter
Women's rights advocacy group
Materials from 1990–2001
Finding Aid
Ursuline Education Network (UEN)
Organization fosters collaboration among educational institutions sponsored by or affiliated with Ursuline congregations in the U.S. and Canada
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Visiting Nurse Association North [1897- ]
Organization that provided nursing care in the Evanston, IL
Materials from 1898–1997
Finding Aid
Women Alive! Exhibition [2003]
"A Legacy of Social Justice" Chicago Installation
Materials from 1980–2003
Finding Aid
Women & Children First [1978- ]
A Chicago institution and local business; Woman and child centered bookstore
Materials from 1978–2009
Finding Aid
Women-Church Convergence [1982- ]
Coalition of autonomous Catholic organizations committed to egalitarian and self-governing participation of women in the Church
Materials from 1979–2008
Finding Aid
Women in the Director's Chair [1980-2005]
Nonprofit media-arts organization based in Chicago that supported women filmmakers and hosted an annual festival of international women film and video makers
Materials from 1982-2005
Preliminary Finding Aid
Women, Ministry, and the City [1982- ]
Program to provide women seminarians with the opportunity to work with women already ministering in parishes and congregations
Materials from 1946–2002
Finding Aid
Women's Center [1989-?]
Loyola University Chicago student group focused on women’s rights and women’s health
Materials from 1989-2019
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
A women's group dedicated to ending war and an ensuing peace
Materials from 1956–1994
Finding Aid
Women's Ordination Conference [1975- ]
Feminist voice for women’s ordination and gender equity in the Roman Catholic Church
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
Women's Studies and Gender Studies Program [1979- ]
Oldest women's studies program at a Jesuit University or College, Academic program at Loyola University Chicago
Materials from 1977–2009
Women’s World Center  
Originally, Women's Committee for the 1992 Chicago World's Fair
For more information, contact the WLA at wlarchives@luc.edu.
WorldWIDE Network [1990– ]
International Environmental Consortium for & by women
Materials from 1988–1995
Finding Aid
Zonta Club of Oak Park [1934-2012]
Women's advancement organization
Materials from 1934–2012
Finding Aid
 

Collections by Subject

Collections by Profession or Subject
Activism
8th Day Center for Justice
Brown, Helen Sauer
Chicago Catholic Women
Chicago Woman's Club
Chicago Women-Church
Ciral, Diane
Crowley, Patricia Caron
Crowley, Patricia Ann, OSB
Curran, Mary Agnes, OSF
Feminist Forum
FutureChurch
Goldboss, Ruth Weisman
Golden, Renny
Griffin, Mary, PhD
Halperin, Grace Eldridge
Haney, Mary P.
Homemakers Equal Rights Association
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Kochanski, Pauline
Kiosse, Connie
Leppke, Gretchen
Lulkin, Sheli
McHugh, Catherine, BVM
Moylan, Prudence Ann, PhD
Muschal-Reinhardt, Rosalie
Polos, Patricia F.
Quinn, Donna, O.P.
Roach, Margaret (Peggy)
Roberts, Bari-Ellen
Stonum, Anna
Tuite, Marjorie, O.P., PhD
Van Hyning, Lryl
West, Mollie Leiber
Women Alive! Exhibition
Women Church-Convergence
Women Church-Convergence, Massachusetts Chapter
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Zonta International Oak Park
Art, Literature, Theater & Performance
Blades, Barbara
Broderick, Virginia
Chicago Woman's Club
Ciurej, Barbara and Lindsay Lochman
Cooper, Barbara
Croteau, Mary Ellen
Dennehey, Pat
Ferentz, Nicole
Fortner, Joan Heath
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Gordon, Eleanor Risteen
Hanmer, Karen
Harley, Frances Mikkelson
Harmel, Carole
Kiosse, Connie
Lanterman, Margaret
Lewis Kramer, Linda
Malagrino, Silvia
McCambridge, Mercedes
McMahon, Margot
Moses, Jacqueline
Obermeyer, Lindsay
Patricca, Nicholas
Petrides, Olivia
Plotkin, Nancy
Poe, Joy
Ryan, Eileen
Ryan, Orlette
Sensemann, Susan
Schechter, Ruth Lisa
Shaffer, Fern
Simpson, Diane
Stone, Michelle
Stonum, Anna
Tobin, Mary
Warren, Maureen
Women Alive! Exhibition
Women & Children First Bookstore
Zallman, Toby
Business
Polish Women’s Alliance of America
Women & Children First Bookstore
Zonta International Oak Park
Ecumenical Organizations
Church Women United, National
Church Women United, Illinois State Chapter
Church Women United, Elmhurst, Villa Park, Lombard Chapter
Church Women United, Peoria Chapter
Church Women United, Wilmette Chapter
Theresians of the United States of America
Education
Beane, Marjorie L., PhD
Boylan, Anne, PhD
Burger, Mary Louise Hirsh
Carr, Anne, BVM, PhD
Clay Karen-Elise
Cooney, Miriam P., CSC
Corcoran, Irma, BVM
DeCock, Mary, BVM
Dolan, Eleanor F., PhD
Ferenz, Nicole
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Golden, Renny
Gordon, Eleanor Risteen, PhD
Griffin, Mary, PhD
Hayes, Alice Bourke, PhD
Hofferlder, Margaret, SSJ
Hoy, Suellen, PhD
Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria, PhD
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Kolbenschlag, Madonna, H.M., PhD
Lopata, Helena Znaniecka, PhD
Moylan, Prudence Ann, PhD
Muschal Reinhart, Rosalie
Nuevo Mundo
Patricca, Nicholas, PhD
Ross, Susan, PhD
Ryan, Orletta
Sensemann, Susan
Taft, Katherine DeLage
Women’s Studies Program of Loyola University Chicago
Zagano, Phyllis, PhD
Health
Chicago Woman's Club
Gorman, Geraldine
Halperin, Grace Eldridge
Visiting Nurse Association North
Homemaking
Hessley, Agatha Rossetti
Homemakers Equal Rights Association
International
Golden, Renny
Haney, Mary
Hispanic Institute
Legion of Young Polish Women
Nuevo Mundo
Polish Women's Alliance of America
Tuite, Marjorie, O.P. PhD
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Greater Chicago Chapter
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
WorldWIDE Network
Zonta International Oak Park
Mundelein College
Hispanic Institute
Mundelein College Paper Records
Mundelein College AV Collection
Mundelein College History Project
Mundelein College Laboratory Materials
Mundelein College Oral Histories
Peace Studies
Mundelein College Alumnae
Boylan, Anne, PhD
Broderick, Virginia
Brown, Helen Sauer
Burger, Mary Louise Hirsh
Carr, Anne, BVM, PhD
Chaplik Dorothy
Clay Karen-Elise
Eldred, Marilou
Fortner, Joan Heath
Frisbie, Margery
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Goldboss, Ruth Weisman
Griffin, Mary, PhD
Harley, Frances Mikkelson
Hayes, Alice Bourke, PhD
Langdon, Mary Margaret Mitchell (Megs)
McCambridge, Mercedes
Polos, Patricia F.
Roach, Margaret (Peggy)
Roberts, Bari-Ellen
Ryan, Orletta
Smith, Mary Ann
Sullivan, Catherine
Taft, Katherine DeLage
Volini, Marion Kennedy
Watanuki, Kumiko
Mundelein College Faculty & Administrators
Baron, Enid
Brown, Helen Sauer
Carr, Anne, BVM, PhD
Corcoran, Irma, BVM
Crowley, Joan Frances, BVM
DeCock, Mary, BVM
Eldred, Marilou
Farrell, Carolyn, BVM
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Griffin, Mary, PhD
Haley, Mary Patricia (Pat), BVM
Harrington, Ann, BVM
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Moylan, Prudence Ann, PhD
Patricca, Nicholas, PhD
Schmidt, Jean Dolores, BVM
Thornton, Margaret, BVM, PhD
Van Cleve, Barbara
Politics
Braun, Carol Moseley
Farrell, Carolyn, BVM
Lulkin, Sheli
Pappas, Maria
Ronen, Carol
Smith, Mary Ann
Van Hyning, Lryl
Volini, Marion Kennedy
Wood, Corinne
Science
Cooney, Miriam P., CSC
Hayes, Alice Bourke
Taft, Katherine DeLage
Shelters & Direct Advocacy
Crowley, Patricia Caron
Crowley, Patricia Ann, OSB
Deborah’s Place
Mary’s Pence
McHugh, Catherine, BVM
Project I.R.E.N.E
Taproots
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Athans, Christine, BVMCarr, Anne, BVM, PhD
Carr, Anne E., BVM
Corcoran, Irma, BVM
Credidio, Ann, BVM
Crowley, Joan Frances, BVM
DeCock, Mary, BVM
Farrell, Carolyn, BVM
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Haley, Mary Patricia (Pat), BVM
Harrington, Ann, BVM
Hoope, Mary Anne, BVM
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Kutchera, Barbara, BVM
McHugh, Catherine (Katie), BVM
Schmidt, Jean Dolores, BVM
Thornton, Margaret, BVM, PhD
Theology
Carr, Anne, BVM, PhD
DeCock, Mary, BVM
Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria, PhD
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Kolbenschlag, Madonna, H.M., PhD
Patrick, Anne E., SNJM, PhD
Ross, Susan, PhD
Tuite, Marjorie, O.P., PhD
Ross, Susan, PhD
Zagano, Phyllis, PhD
Women Religious
Beane, Marjorie L., PhD
Carr, Anne, BVM, PhD
Cooney, Miriam P., CSC
Corcoran, Irma, BVM
Credidio, Ann, BVM
Crowley, Joan Frances, BVM
Crowley, Patricia Ann, OSB
Curran, Mary Agnes, OSF
DeCock, Mary, BVM
Farrell, Carolyn, BVM
Gallagher, Blanche Marie, BVM
Haley, Mary Pat, BVM
History of Women Religious: News
Hoffelder, Margaret, SSJ
Hoope, Mary Anne, BVM
Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria, SU, PhD
Jegen, Carol Frances, BVM, PhD
Kolbenschlag, Madonna, H.M., PhD
Kutchera, Barbara, BVM
McHugh, Catherine (Katie), BVM
Patrick, Anne E., SNJM, PhD
Quinn, Donna, O.P.
Schmidt, Jean Dolores, BVM
Thornton, Margaret, BVM, PhD
Tuite, Marjorie, O.P., PhD