Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Community updates: Tuesday, Aug. 18
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 08-18-2020 under NEWS
MHSAA moves Michigan high school football to spring The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) announced Friday it will move the 2020 fall football season to spring 2021, due to football's higher risk for spreading COVID-19. The move...
Community updates: Saturday, July 11
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-11-2020 under NEWS
Gov. Whitmer expands face covering requirement in Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Friday requiring Michiganders to wear face coverings in public indoor or crowded outdoor spaces – or receive up to a $500 fine. The...
First woman to be local cartoonist from Grand Rapids
by (drewdamron)
Submitted 05-24-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Gertrude Van Houten, known to her readers as 'Gert', is the first known female cartoonist in the nation who made cartoons about a specific locale. As Grand Rapids citizens, we are extremely lucky that she chose to make our city her subject...
SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS – WOMEN’S ELECTIVE HISTORY IN GRAND RAPIDS, 1888 - 2015
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 03-27-2016 under
Presenter Deirdre Toeller-Novak will explore women's elective history in Grand Rapids when women such as Harriet Cook, Eva McCall Hamilton, Grace Ames Van Hoesen, Evangeline Lamberts and Dr. Linda Johnson were among the first women making names...
Join the GGRWHC at showing of "Suffragette" followed by historian's perspective on film
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 11-16-2015 under NONPROFITS
Join us at a special showing Friday, Nov. 20 of the much-anticipated movie “Suffragette”, a powerful British historical period drama on the women’s movement, followed by a women's historian’s perspective on the painful...
Spirited local women and their push for temperance surrounding Prohibition years
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 11-12-2015 under NONPROFITS
Discover the role local women played in supporting temperance in the years surrounding the Prohibition movement at a special program Tuesday, Nov. 17 titled “Spirited Women: Grand Rapids and the Push for Temperance.” The program...
Join GGRWHC's Writing Bee to summarize transcripts of interviews with notable local women
by (Grand Rapids Hi...)
Submitted 10-13-2015 under NONPROFITS
The 1990s transcripts are of interviews with notable local women whose perseverance and dedicated efforts contributed to making a positive difference in the Grand Rapids community. The “Writing Bee” will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday...
Rediscovering Merze Tate: A remarkable African-American woman who grew up in our own backyard
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS
Discover how a tenacious African- American girl growing up in rural mid- Michigan in the early 1900s defied tremendous odds during the Jim Crow era by earning degrees at some of the world’s most prestigious universities and then went on...
Women at the Bar: Grand Rapids Attorneys in the 1870s - 1970s
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS
Join us on a trip back in time when Grand Valley State University professor Ruth Stevens traces the history of the first women attorneys in Grand Rapids, bringing to life their intrepid journeys in a career overwhelmingly dominated by men. ...
Join the 25th birthday party of the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 03-25-2013 under NONPROFITS
On Thursday, March 28, the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council celebrates 25 years of accomplishments and outlines its ambitious vision for the future. You’re invited to the party where there will be a tribute to the Council...