10 events found.
Takeover! West Michigan Suffragists and the 1914 Grand Rapids Press
Holland Museum 31 W. 10th Street, Holland, MI, United StatesWolfgast Knocked Out by a Suffragist: Former Champion Goes Down in Three Rounds in Battle of Words” headlined the sports page of the May 2, 1914, edition of the Grand […]
Beyond Her Grave Bicycle Tour: The Legacies of Women Buried in Fulton Street and Oakhill Cemeteries
Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesSponsored by She Rides Her Own Way, the Grand Rapids Public Library’s GR Reads program, and the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council, a one-of-a-kind bicycle tour will make stops […]
Beyond Her Grave Bicycle Tour: The Legacies of Women Buried in Fulton Street and Oakhill Cemeteries
Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesSponsored by She Rides Her Own Way, the Grand Rapids Public Library’s GR Reads program, and the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council, a one-of-a-kind bicycle tour will make stops […]
Observance of Women’s Equality Day
Check for us at food-truck Thursday on the patio of the Grand Rapids Art Museum! Once again, we will buttonhole passers-by about the 98th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment and […]
Susan B. Anthony Slept Here! National Suffrage Strategy & 1899 West Michigan
Holland Museum 31 W. 10th Street, Holland, MI, United StatesSusan B. Anthony had visited West Michigan many times, but her last appearance was at the 1899 NAWSA annual convention in Grand Rapids, the only time the National American […]
Diana Barrett – WWI Women’s Cards
Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesDuring the week of April 27th through May 4th 1918, twenty thousand Grand Rapids women, half the city’s female population, registered for the war effort. One thousand registrars were trained […]
Lisa McCubbin – Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumHear Lisa McCubbin discuss her new book, Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor and Trailblazer. It is based on intimate in-depth interviews with family friends and colleagues. McCubbin reveals […]
Educator Event: From Suffragists to Senators
Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumAttention, educators! In celebration of the centennial birthday of Mrs. Betty Ford, the Gerald R. Ford Foundation is presenting a free, day-long professional development workshop for educators focused on women's […]
Kent County Women and WWI’s Home Front Defense
Kent District Library - Cascade BranchGreater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council President Melissa Fox will illustrate how in 1917 area women joined the largest wartime mobilization of their young country. Long-time ideas about food, children, […]