A New Year with Unfinished Business
In the wake of 2020, the GGRWHC celebrates the new year for its possibilities. Beginning with our first board meeting of 2021, we will take an entirely appropriate backward glance […]
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Initiating Women’s History Wednesdays!
Although GGRWHC’s programming to honor the 19th Amendment centennial has been interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, we invite you to stick with us virtually into the foreseeable future. During the […]
From Managerial Void to the Medical Mile: The Evolving Roles of Women and the Enduring Presence of History
Join us on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 7:00pm at the Grand Rapids Public Library where Julia Bouwkamp will present From Managerial Void to the Medical Mile: The Evolving Roles […]
Learn About Grand Rapids Architect Marion Blood and Other Women Architects at Ottawa Hills Tour on October 5!
Grand Rapids architect and engineer, Marion Frances Blood, had an extraordinary talent that was spotted early by her mentor Architect Kenneth Welch who was Grand Rapids first official City Planner. […]
GGRWHC Reception & the 2019 Candidates for the Board of Directors
Join us on Wednesday, March 27 at 5pm for our Reception & Annual meeting! Enjoy a glass of wine, light appetizers, and catching up with friends! Then, settle in to hear our […]
History Detectives 2019: All History! All Day!
Join us on Saturday, January 19 from 9:30am – 4:00pm for History Detectives! GGRWHC is proud to sponsor Sophia Ward Brewer’s presentation: Undercurrent: African American Women in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Grand Rapids […]
GGRWHC Fall 2018 Slate of Candidates for the Board of Directors
On Thursday, November 8 at 6:15pm in the Vander Veen Center at the Main Library (before Janet Sheeres’s program at 7:00 pm), the Board of Directors of the Greater Grand Rapids […]
CHANGE of Program for November 8th!
POSTPONEMENT! Our program by Tom Dilley planned for Thursday, November 8th, will be rescheduled on a future date! But! Keep November 8 at 7pm at the Main Library on your […]
GGRWHC at the Midwestern History Association Conference
FINDING THE LOST REGION Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Fourth Annual Midwestern History Conference Sponsored by the Midwestern History Association and the Hauenstein Center at Grand Valley State University For the […]
Who Was a “Single” Woman? Complicating the Concept!
The GGRWHC Annual Reception, Thursday, March 15, 5:00 – 7:00pm John F. Donnelly Conference Center at Aquinas College Join us for wine and hors d’oeuvres at our annual reception as […]