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 […]
*Access to Virtual Online Presentation* Click Here to Register for Zoom Event and GRHS YouTube Presentation Click Here The story of the women’s suffrage movement in Grand Rapids began as early as 1874 when Grand Rapids and Kent County suffragists organized and brought national leader Susan B. Anthony to Grand Rapids. Hosted by Grand Rapids […]
On Wednesday, October 14th, 7:00 pm, join Michigan Capitol Historian Valerie Marvin for “A Woman’s Place Is Under the Dome: Michigan’s Capitol and the Woman’s Suffrage Movement”! Join this program to relive important suffrage moments under Michigan’s dome, where you will also find Grand Rapids women lobbying and finally, in 1921, sitting in the state […]
Reading into Suffrage History Virtual Book Discussion Wednesday, October 21st, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Death in Ten Minutes by Fern Riddell Free & open to the public Register here! Co-sponsored by the Grand Rapids Public Library & the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council Death in Ten Minutes is a biography of Kitty Marion, who […]