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 […]
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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, […]
Janet Sheeres: The Wives (and Lives) of Early Dutch Pastors
Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesJoin us for a riveting account of the stories of early local pastors’ wives! When Janet Sjaarda Sheeres was editing a 700-page tome on early synod minutes of the Christian Reformed […]
THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE: GRAND RAPIDS WOMEN AND THE GREAT WAR
Meeter Center Lecture HallCalvin College History Colloquium! 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 […]
Elaine Weiss – The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumThe nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history; the fight to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. […]
Bring Your Ancestors to Life with Archival Resources
Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesDiscover how to use archival collections to go beyond basic facts and dates and learn more about who your ancestors were. Julie Tabberer will illustrate how to think creatively and […]