On The Wings Of Change

Wabash Arts Corridor//Columbia College (2021)

Chicago, Illinois

A young girl is enthralled in wonder as she opens a magical book from which the history of Chicago’s women’s suffrage emerges as enchanted pages that whirl all around her. The animated pages contain portraits of key figures in the local suffrage movement. Among the portraits dance a flight of swallows, who are well known for their resilience in long distance migrations, representing the inspiring journey of women who dared to soar to new heights.

The suffragists depicted in this mural are the following: Mary Livermore, Myra Bradwell, Frances E. WIllard, Fannie Barrier Williams, Jane Addams, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, Ida B. Wells, Grace Wilbur Trout, and Agnes Nestor. It was a complete honor to be able to pay homage to these remarkable women.