The woman behind the name: Emmy Evald, pioneer champion for women¡¯s rights

The author of a new biography of Emmy Carlsson Evald, for whom the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø building is named, will discuss her book at a meeting of the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Historical Society.

The program is open the public via Zoom.

Sharon Wyman is the great-granddaughter of Emmy Evald, and the author of "Power, Passion, and Faith: Emmy Carlsson Evald, Suffragist and Social Activist."

Voted by the readers of a Swedish newspaper as the ¡°most prominent Swede now living abroad¡± in 1922, Emmy Carlsson Evald marched with Susan B. Anthony to the U.S. Capitol to demand women¡¯s right to vote, raised money to fund the construction of the Women's Building at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, and founded the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Women¡¯s Missionary Society, which helped to build scores of educational and health facilities around the world. 

The Women's Building was remodeled and renamed Carlsson-Evald Hall in 2008.