50 Years Later: A Look Back at the Fight Over the ERA in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

After the passage of the 19th Amendment, a broader Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for women was introduced in Congress. Nora Salas and Ruth Stevens will provide a local perspective on […]

The Second Surge: Women Running for Public Office in the 1970s

St. Cecilia Music Center 24 Ransom NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Speaker: Jo Ellyn Clarey Suddenly in the seventies, Kent County women broke through a barrier that had limited their runs for public office mostly to local school board races. They […]

The Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters: Serving People on the Margins of Society

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Elizabeth Chamberlain, an adjunct professor of history at Aquinas College, will examine the late twentieth-century activism of the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters; the ways in which communities perceived their social […]

GR History Detectives

Ryerson Auditorium, Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

The GGRWHC is a proud sponsor of this popular event. One day, six programs, one location. The 15th annual History Detectives program will highlight stories of the people who helped […]