Chicago Women’s History Conference 2026

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Chicago Women’s History Center is delighted to partner for a second year with the Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC), Evanston History Center, and the Women and Leadership Archives at Loyola University. We are also thrilled to partner with DePaul University who will be designing the conference material. 

We are delighted to announce additional sponsors; include Skyline Village Chicago, Hyde Park Village, and Women Take Action who are supporting scholarship places for early-career student historians, researchers, and writers to attend the conference. 

The scholarship application will open on February 17, 2026 and close on March 2, 2026. 

Please email chicagowomenshistoryatgmail.com if you have questions and wish to partner in 2026.

Earlybird Registration Opens: February 14, 2026

If you have renewed your membership since January 01, 2026 please check your emails for a special membership discount code.