In 1917 American women were granted a federal mandate by the Council of National Defense when the wartime government established the CND’s Woman’s Committee, and 17,000 local committees sprang up immediately. Join Katelyn Bosch VerMerris (former GGRWHC board member and secretary, now director of the Zeeland Historical Society) for the next installation of the School […]
Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with GGRWHC! August 26, 2021 Help us to honor and continue the legacy of local women who progressed suffrage efforts and equal rights activism in our community by visiting the grave(s) of four women we are featuring for 2021. This year, we will mark four gravesites with purple […]
Join the Downtown Grand Rapids Inc., the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council, the City of Grand Rapids, Lions & Rabbits and numerous community partners in a celebration of the Women's Way Murals. Every Wednesday in September we will be holding a ribbon cutting to feature each completed Women's Way Mural in downtown Grand Rapids. […]