The Woman Who Never Fails: Grace Wilbur Trout and Illinois Suffrage, written by Carolyn Poplett with Mary Ann Porucznik, is a biography of a remarkable Oak Park Woman who led the successful fight to make Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River to grant its women the right to vote in national elections. She was a leader who used her political skill to overcome tremendous odds.

This 62 page soft cover book is published by the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest and includes pictures, two appendices listing "Oak Park Women in CPEL", and a "Timeline for the Illinois Women Suffrage Movement". The Selected Bibliography at the end points the way to further exploration of this topic.

The biography is available for $10 plus tax from the Historical Society Offices in the Historic Pleasant Home.

The biography is available by mail for $13.00, which includes shipping. Send a check or money order for $13 to

The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
P. O. Box 771
Oak Park, IL 60303-0771