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SUMMARY:The School Bell Series: WWI at Home and Overseas
DESCRIPTION: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 Bell Series\, this Thursday\, August 12 at 10:00am at the 1881 New Groningen Schoolhouse in Zeeland for her presentation\, “WWI at Home and Overseas.” Learn about the work of local women of Zeeland in creating a stronger home defense through their pioneering wartime efforts that included guaranteeing healthy food sources\, raising healthy children\, ensuring the health of women in the industrial workforce\, and contributions ranging far beyond specific war needs and their traditional gender roles. \n \nKatelyn Bosch VerMerris received an M.A. from West Virginia University in 2018 emphasizing public history\, after her B.A. from Calvin College. She has researched many local topics including the Grand Rapids unit of the Woman’s Committee of the Council of National Defense in WWI and the cultural integration of Catholic\, Hispanic migrant workers into Protestant\, Dutch Holland\, Michigan. Katelyn has worked with local cultural institutions including the Lowell Area Historical Museum\, Fallasburg Historical Society\, and the Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum. Currently\, she is the development manager at a non-profit in Holland. She also continues work as a freelance researcher and writer and is recording secretary for the board of the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council.
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LOCATION:1881 New Groningen Schoolhouse\, 10537 Paw Paw Dr\, Zeeland\, MI\, 49464\, United States
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SUMMARY:Women's Equality Day with GGRWHC
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with GGRWHC! August 26\, 2021 \nHelp 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. \n      \nThis year\, we will mark four gravesites with purple balloons to help you locate the four women we are featuring – see the suggested steps below to make the most of your visits! \n\nVisit our website page\, “Here Lies a Suffragist\,” for a full description of the event here: https://www.ggrwhc.org/here-lies-a-suffragist/\n Please visit our new page this year for Garfield Park Cemetery to locate the gravesites of two more African American activists. Lillian Gill worked after the successful suffrage movement\, but would have supported it. And the club life and public activism of Ethel Beverly Burgess suggests that she was a supporter. Meet them on the page here: https://www.ggrwhc.org/garfield-park-cemetery/\nFor more information on the Comstock sisters and how to find their gravesites please visit the Fulton Street Cemetery page here: https://www.ggrwhc.org/fulton-street-cemetery/\nOn August 26th\, find the grave of one or more of our four featured suffragists and activists.\nHonor the individual’s grave with flowers\, even a single stem\, and record your visit by taking a photo of yourself and/or the decorated gravesite.\nPost your photo in the comments section of our Facebook post honoring the day. https://www.facebook.com/GGRWHC (If you do not use Facebook\, please send it to our email address– info@ggrwhc.org)\nDON’T MISS THIS! \n\nWZZM’s 13 ON YOUR SIDE will run a short feature on the Comstock Sisters at 11:00 pm Wednesday\, August 25th and throughout the day on the 26th. Look for the link of this feature on our Instagram and Facebook pages! \nNote: Note: If you choose to leave any flowers\, we will see that the graves are cleaned up later.  \nThank you for participating! \n2021 Womens Equality Day Poster
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