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Illinois leaders recently renamed a mental health facility in the capitol city after a woman, once committed against her will, who fought for the rights of those with mental illness and those unjustly held. You can read more about the renaming at capitolnewsillinois.com. Author Kate Moore helped bring the renaming to reality, writing about Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard in her book, “The Woman They Could Not Silence.” Capitol News Illinois reporter Molly Parker talked with Moore for this episode of CapitolCast.