The re-enactment of Susan B. Anthony's trial will take place 12 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at the

Gerald R. Ford Federal Building, 6th Floor,

110 Michigan Street NW, Grand Rapids

Miss Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the Presidential Election in Rochester, NY, on November 5, 1872. Her trial was June 17, 1873.

This trial re-enactment will feature:

Hon. Hugh W. Brenneman, Jr. as the Trial Judge

Hon. Janet T. Neff as Susan B. Anthony

Sponsored by the United States Attorney's Office

Equality Day 2014 Re-enactment of S. B. Anthony's Trial for Voting!

Special Emphasis Program Committee and the Federal Bar Association

Discussion afterward in Jury Assembly Room with box lunches available for purchase in advance.

For more information, contact Janet Strahan 808-2140.

To order a box lunch, e-mail Ellen Farrar at Ellen.Farrar@usdoj.gov

The GGRWHC Equality Day event 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, will highlight area women's experiences with Title IX. Next to the StoryCorps van outside GRAM, we will tape brief accounts of the ways, large and small, this legislation has affected our individual lives. Since 1972 Title IX has prohibited sex discrimination in all federally funded education programs and activities, not just athletics as is the common belief.

Equality Day 2014 How did Title IX change your life?

Take this opportunity to celebrate the 94th anniversary of one major event (the certification of the 19th amendment upholding the full citizenship of American women) by telling us how another major legislative event has affected you. The brief audio interviews will be shared in various ways and added to our interview collection. Visit our web site for more information.

 

We are largely dependent upon member dues and contributions to continue finding and distributing local women's history. If you haven't paid your dues this year, please visit our website to register or renew your membership.

The National Women's History Project, along with its partners and network members, recently announced that the National Women's Hall of Fame has achieved what many thought was impossible.

On May 7, 2014, renovation began at the historic Seneca Knitting Mill, which will become the new home of the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Center for Great Women in Seneca, New York.  The 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill, a very

Seneca Knitting Mill to become National Women's Hall of Fame & educational center.

large limestone structure overlooking the waters of the Erie Canal system, will be restored to create a permanent home for the National Hall of Fame Hall and a vibrant state-of-the-art educational venue for future generations.

Governor Cuomo of New York said,  "As the birth place of the Women's Rights Movement, there is no community more appropriate than Seneca Falls to house the Center for Great Women and the National Women's Hall of Fame, which will honor the trailblazers that continue to inspire women across the globe."

The National Women's Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 and has inducted 247 women into the Hall of Fame. For a full list of inductees and their biographies and for information about joining the National Women's Hall of Fame, visit its web site.

It is anticipated that the renovation of the site will be completed by 2017.