One day, six programs! Join us at 11:30am for the GGRWHC sponsored program,"CENTENNIAL 2020! Grand Rapids, Suffrage City,” presented by Julia Bouwkamp & Jo Ellyn Clarey - or stay for the whole day! History Detectives always has a range of programs to offer local history fans, and this year is no different! Visit the History […]
When setting goals for 1914, the National Equal Suffrage Association called for rallies, participation in parades, and the take over of local newspapers for a day across the country to argue for the cause. The Grand Rapids Equal Suffrage Association met this challenge by editing and producing the edition of May 2, 1914 issue of […]
Melissa Fox will present at the Lowell Area Historical Museum & Friends of the Englehardt Library in Lowell. Susan B. Anthony visited West Michigan many times beginning in 1873. Her last appearance was at the 1899 NAWSA convention held at the St. Cecilia Music Society, the only time it ever met in Michigan.
GGRWHC annual reception and “Suffrage Sampler: Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment,” 5:00 – 6:45 pm, Donnelly Center (157 Woodward Lane SE), Aquinas College. Hors d’oeuvres & wine; Free & open to the public. (Please RSVP at info@ggrwhc.org or 616-574-7307) Mingle with friends and lift a glass for the centennial of the 19th Amendment, […]
Women Changemakers, GVSU Kutsche Office Roundtable – 11:30 am, “A New Digital Exhibit on Women's Suffrage in Grand Rapids,” GGRWHC’s Julia Bouwkamp; & 1:15 pm, "It Took a Family: Domestic Roles and the Civic Engagement of Alde Blake," Blake descendants Moana Kutsche & Robert McArdle, with GGRWHC’s Jo Ellyn Clarey, GVSU Kirkhof Center, R. 2204, […]
Join the Grand Rapids Chamber and Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. for the ATHENA Legacy Tour! Led by the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, this bus tour will explore and celebrate the legacies of the women who built Grand Rapids. Click here to register!
Melissa Fox will present this program for the Rockford Area Historical Society at the Community Cabin. Upon U.S. entry into WWI, national women's groups transformed their organizational structures for war work. Grand Rapids women were among midwestern leaders whose pioneering efforts have been too long neglected. Get ahead of history--credit them!
GGRWHC's Julia Bouwkamp, 1:00 pm & 6:00pm. Community Archives and Research Center (CARC) 223 Washington St SE, Grand Rapids. To register, please RSVP at info@ggrwhc.org or 616-574-7307; numbers will be limited. See actual objects from the movement: pennants, buttons, convention ribbons, posters, a touring carpet bag, and suffragist dresses!
“Susan B. Anthony Slept Here! National Suffrage Strategy & 1899 West Michigan,” Jo Ellyn Clarey, 7:00 pm, Rockford Area Historical Society, Rockford Community Cabin, 220 N. Monroe St, Rockford. Free & open to the public
GGRWHC panel: “Between ‘Suffragette’ Noise and Silent Stunts: Suffrage Print Culture in the Last Decade,” Melissa Fox, Ruth Van Stee, Katelyn VerMerris (Sophia Brewer, chair), Sixth Annual Midwestern History Association conference, GVSU Hauenstein Center at DeVos Center, Free & open to the public. Stay tuned for more detail.