Investing In Working Women and Their Families
The Eleanor Foundation is a research-driven public grantmaking fund that helps create the conditions for working women to achieve sustained economic independence. Our three-year, $3 million Self-Sufficiency Initiative launched Chicago's first citywide network of services for women working toward economic security—for themselves, their children and their communities. Read more.
News From Our Research Briefing
The Eleanor Foundation releases Valuing Working Mothers - a new national study commissioned to analyze the economic status of single working mothers in the nation's ten largest metropolitan areas, including Chicago. Groundbreaking findings dispel stereotypes of single working mothers.
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Thanks for Helping Us Honor Chicago's Working Women
A dreary rain did not keep a wonderful group of friends and colleagues from joining us for "My Walk Around The Sun" at Primitive. Guests listened to inspiring stories by working women whose writings were just released in a special issue of the Journal of Ordinary Thought. Our thanks to everyone who helped us support Chicago's working women. Enjoy a photo gallery from this spectacular event.