Rose Cottage, Past and Present

This painting won Honorable Mention at the Evanston Made Plein Air Festival July, 2022. It has been donated to the Frances Willard House and Museum, which is the subject of this painting. Frances was the national President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Dean of Women at Northwestern University, and active in the Women’s Suffrage movement to earn the right to vote. This building was her home and office until her death in 1898. The painting shows her on her porch (along with Tucker, of course!), and today’s co-Ed’s from the university in the lower left foreground.