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Links to the Local: Building a National Women’s Elective History

GVSU, Allendale Campus, Kirkhof Center, RM2270

The historical charting of Grand Rapids women's runs for public office upends conventional wisdom and offers surprises about dates, the numbers of races, and the identities of women who participated […]

A Team of Her Own: Minnie Forbes & Negro League Baseball

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids

The last female owner of a Negro League baseball team will talk with former Grand Rapids Press columnist Jaye Beeler at Taste of Soul Sunday about playing softball at fifteen […]

African Americans in Early Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids

At History Detectives, GGRWHC’s Ruth Van Stee will present African Americans in Early Grand Rapids—including, of course, more women’s history. From 1850 to 1920 African Americans here were a steady one […]