{"id":666,"date":"2016-07-11T18:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T18:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/wla\/?p=666"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:01","slug":"women-and-leadership-archives-summer-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/wla\/2016\/07\/11\/women-and-leadership-archives-summer-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Women and Leadership Archives Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Mundelein College student picking out books from the library in Piper Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n

We at the Women and Leadership Archives love summer reading.\u00a0 If you\u2019re like us, see below for a summer reading list inspired by the WLA\u2019s collections!<\/p>\n

For the movie-goers<\/em><\/strong>\u2026 All the King\u2019s Men<\/em><\/a> by Robert Penn Warren. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the story of southern lawyer Willie Stark and his transformation from an idealistic man of the people to a corrupt politician who pays a high price in his pursuit of power. This loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana boasts two movie adaptations. The first, released in 1949, features actress Mercedes McCambridge\u2014whose personal papers are held in the Women and Leadership Archives! In her collection there is an original script of the film, movie stills, and newspaper clippings describing her Oscar-award winning performance as Sadie Burke.<\/p>\n

Collections: Mercedes McCambridge Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

For the time-travelers<\/em><\/strong>\u2026Mundelein Voices: The Women\u2019s College Experience<\/a><\/em> edited by Anne M. Harrington and Prudence Moylan.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1929 by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mundelein College offered its all-female student body a comprehensive and rigorous Catholic liberal arts education. But Mundelein College, despite being run by nuns, had its share of hijinks! Readers can fully immerse themselves into the goings-on of the student body, and see what it was really like to be a Mundelein student, by reading this anthology of essays. I highly recommend the chapter by Joan Frances Crowley, B.V.M on her eight-year tenure as the director (then dean) of residence life. Anyone that has lived in a dorm will appreciate Crowley\u2019s retelling of what it was like to live on-campus during the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Collections: Mundelein College Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Joan Frances Crowley, B.V.M Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

For the thrill-seekers<\/em><\/strong>\u2026Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley<\/a><\/em> by Kathryn S. Olmstead<\/p>\n

Fans of John Le Carr\u00e9 (of Tinker Tailor Solder Spy<\/em><\/a> fame) will love the fascinating life story of Communist Party and Soviet Union defector Elizabeth Bentley\u2014called the \u201cRed Spy Queen\u201d by tabloids and newspapers in the late 1940s. Interestingly enough, Elizabeth Bentley actually worked as a professor of Political Science at Mundelin College from 1949-1950. Imagine having a spy for a teacher!<\/p>\n

Collections: Mundelein College Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Marjorie Rowbottom Frisbee Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

For my fellow feminists<\/em><\/strong>\u2026Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century\u2019s End<\/a><\/em> by Sara M. Evans<\/p>\n

Historian Sara Evans is an authority on the subject of women\u2019s history and their continued journey to equality. Her first book Born for Liberty <\/em>(1989) is a comprehensive look at the history of women from the sixteenth century to modern times. In Tidal Wave<\/em>, Evans establishes the essential foundation necessary to introduce readers to the histories of second and third wave feminism and their lasting importance to the present day. The Women and Leadership Archives holds numerous records of artists, academics, women\u2019s groups, and writers that can add additional context to this groundbreaking time in women\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Collections: \u00a0Feminism in Chicago: Connie Kiosse<\/a><\/p>\n

Feminist Forum Records<\/a><\/p>\n

SisterSerpents Records<\/a><\/p>\n

For the scientists<\/em><\/strong>\u2026Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World<\/a><\/em> by Rachel Swaby<\/p>\n

This quick colorful book is for anyone who is curious about women\u2019s contributions to the sciences. Divided into disciplines, this encyclopedic book provides brief entries about notable female doctors, biologists, environmentalists, mathematicians, astronomers, inventors; the list goes on and on! When you\u2019re done, feel free to check out some of the WLA\u2019s collections about women scientists<\/p>\n

Collections: Mundelein College Collection<\/a>\u2014Sister Therese Langerbeck Files<\/a><\/p>\n

Miram P Cooney, CSC., Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

Alice Bourke Hayes, PhD., Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine DeLage Taft<\/a><\/p>\n

For the mischief-makers<\/em><\/strong>\u2026The Trouble with Angels<\/a><\/em> by Jane Trahey<\/p>\n

Originally entitled Life with Mother Superior,<\/em> this fictionalized memoir by Mundelein Alumnae Jane Trahey describes the shenanigans of two rebellious young women attending a Catholic all girls boarding school. The book was made into a feature film in 1966 starring Hayley Mills as the main troublemaker Mary Clancy and Rosalind Russell as the domineering Mother Superior. If you can get your hands on this book (it\u2019s out of print), you\u2019re in for a light-hearted, nostalgic comedy perfect for laying out pool-side.<\/p>\n

Collections: Mundelein College Collection<\/a> \u2013 Jane Trahey Files<\/p>\n

For the hopeless romantics<\/em><\/strong>\u2026<\/em>Letters from Home<\/em><\/a> \u2013 Kristina McMorris<\/p>\n

Sometimes all you want from a good summer read is a juicy historical romance novel. Based in Chicago during World War II, this love story highlights a couple whose only way to communicate with one another is through letters. To add a Shakespearean twist, the main character, Liz Stephens, falls in love with her pen pal while pretending to be someone else! If love letters are your thing, come in and look at the Mollie Leiber West Collection. The WLA holds scores of letters from Mollie to her husband Carl Leiber when they were separated by WWII. Their own tragic love story is not unlike one you would read in an especially romantic novel!<\/p>\n

Collections: Mollie Leiber West Papers<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ellen is a Graduate Assistant at the WLA and is in the first year of her M.A in Public History at Loyola University Chicago. Before moving to Chicago, Ellen was a Kindergarten teacher in Louisiana. She enjoys brunch, procedural dramas, and pugs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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