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The Center is currently not open for visitors or public programs due to Covid-19. We are offering virtual programming during this time.

The Chicago Women’s History Center is located in a building on Humboldt Boulevard in Logan Square.

Formalized in 2016, the Center creates a new cultural space in the city where people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines can come together to help explore and preserve Chicago women’s history.

The Center contains an extensive library of books on Chicago history, women’s history, the contemporary women’s movement, Chicago art, photography and media, and reference materials on related topics.

In addition, the Center collects and preserves archival materials related to the second wave women’s movement in Chicago, oral histories of Chicago women activists during the post WWII period, and other educational resources. These materials are currently being digitized and will be put online for public access.