Kate F. O'Connor - A Suffragist and So Much More: Celebrating Our Local History - America 250th

Kate F. O’Connor is honored prominently on the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Sculpture on Rockford’s riverfront. Learn all about this noted Rockford suffragist who was also well known as a public servant, successful businesswoman, public speaker, and defender of rights for women and children. Her achievements from the 1880s to the 1940s were noteworthy, but even more interesting was her fearless and fun approach to life and its adventures. The more you learn about her, the more you will wish you could have known her.
Lynell Cannell is a retired software engineer and educator. Since retirement she has been a board member and docent at the Ethnic Heritage Museum in Rockford and has studied various local history topics. She has made presentations at the Center for Learning in Retirement, the Ethnic Heritage Museum, the Rockford Public Library, the Winnebago and Boone County Genealogical Society, and various civic and historical organizations.