Melissa Fox will present at the Lowell Area Historical Museum & Friends of the Englehardt Library in Lowell. Susan B. Anthony visited West Michigan many times beginning in 1873. Her last appearance was at the 1899 NAWSA convention held at the St. Cecilia Music Society, the only time it ever met in Michigan.
GGRWHC annual reception and “Suffrage Sampler: Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment,” 5:00 – 6:45 pm, Donnelly Center (157 Woodward Lane SE), Aquinas College. Hors d’oeuvres & wine; Free & open to the public. (Please RSVP at [email protected] or 616-574-7307) Mingle with friends and lift a glass for the centennial of the 19th Amendment, […]
Women Changemakers, GVSU Kutsche Office Roundtable – 11:30 am, “A New Digital Exhibit on Women's Suffrage in Grand Rapids,” GGRWHC’s Julia Bouwkamp; & 1:15 pm, "It Took a Family: Domestic Roles and the Civic Engagement of Alde Blake," Blake descendants Moana Kutsche & Robert McArdle, with GGRWHC’s Jo Ellyn Clarey, GVSU Kirkhof Center, R. 2204, […]
Join the Grand Rapids Chamber and Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. for the ATHENA Legacy Tour! Led by the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, this bus tour will explore and celebrate the legacies of the women who built Grand Rapids. Click here to register!
Melissa Fox will present this program for the Rockford Area Historical Society at the Community Cabin. 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 been too long neglected. Get ahead of history--credit them!