Today marks the first day of Women’s History Month and a time to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of women from our state and around the world.
It did not take long after the ratification of the 19th Amendment for a pair of trailblazers to become the first women elected to the Illinois General Assembly. Learn more about Lottie Holman O’Neill and Florence Fifer Bohrer on this episode of Prairies, Presidents & Patriots: