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Most history books, especially in Illinois, mention Jane Addams, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who was once described as “the most famous American woman of the 20th Century.”
Fewer know the story of Alta May Hulett, a Rockton native who became Illinois’s first female lawyer at just 19 years old, or Lottie O’Neill of Downers Grove, the first woman elected to the Illinois General Assembly. Learn about these trailblazers during the upcoming program Stories of Historic Illinois Women at the Aurora Public Library District Tuesday, Feb. 3. This program invites you to explore Illinois’s history through the lives of remarkable women whose courage, leadership, and determination helped shape our state in profound ways.