Western Michigan Genealogical Society Saturday, September 12th, 2020 Virtual Program (Click Here for Zoom Link) Generating Resources: Indexing an Army of Women Jo Ellyn Clarey, Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council November 1918, 14,000 local suffrage supporters Genealogists don't always look to mass movements to locate individuals, especially women--or consider taking the next step toward […]

*Online via Zoom The 19th amendment has been praised for a century as a landmark for women’s rights. Who gained the right to vote and who didn’t? What can you do to shape the next 100 years? Join us for presentations and remarks from President Mantella, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and more. DEM […]

*You can reserve for this event until Sept. 24th at 7:00 pm.   The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920 represented a significant movement in American history. It promised women in our republic change in their political, civil, and social statuses. What followed was a decade of dispute among women’s movements, emerging from it […]

Michigan History Conference Historical Society of Michigan Friday-Saturday, October 2nd & 3rd, 2020   Conquering the Cough: Grand Rapids Women Beating Disease Julie Hoogland, Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council Sue Thoms, Spectrum Health Beat 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 3rd Whooping cough was a killer disease fought during the 1930s and 1940s by innovative […]