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DESCRIPTION:The author of a new biography of Emmy Carlsson Evald\, for whom the Augustana building is named\, will discuss her book at a meeting of the&nbsp\;Augustana Historical Society.\n\nThe program is open the public via Zoom.\n\nSharon Wyman is the great-granddaughter of Emmy Evald\, and the author of "Power\, Passion\, and&nbsp\;Faith: Emmy Carlsson Evald\, Suffragist and Social Activist."\n\nVoted 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 Augustana College\, and founded the Augustana Women’s Missionary Society\, which helped to build scores of educational and health facilities around the world.&nbsp\;\n\nThe Women's Building was remodeled and renamed&nbsp\;Carlsson-Evald Hall in 2008.\n\n&nbsp\;\n
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SUMMARY:	The woman behind the name: Emmy Evald\, pioneer champion for women’s rights
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