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GGRWHC Board of Directors
Mary Seeger,
Jo Ellyn Clarey,
Co-Presidents
Susan Coombes
Vice-president
Connie Ingham
Treasurer
Ruth VanStee,
Secretary
Newsletter editor
Jo Ellyn Clarey
Kyle Irwin
Mary Seeger
Ruth Stevens
Amy Dunham Strand
Julie Tabberer
Kate van Liere
Ruth Van Stee
Deirdre Toeller-Novak
Webmistress
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Join GGRWHC Tomorrow
for an Early Veterans Day
WACs, WASPs, SPARs, and Marines:
Nicknames, Recruiting, and the Wartime Experience of Servicewomen from Grand Rapids
Presented by Will Miner,
Grand Rapids Public Library History and Special Collections
Thursday November 10, 7:00 p.m.
Grand Rapids Public Library Auditorium
Celebrate Veterans Day by honoring women veterans with Will Miner, who will highlight the WWII experiences of local women Marines to discuss the first large-scale employment of women in the United States armed forces.
Using local press reports, oral histories, and historical photographs, Miner will illustrate the experiences of Grand Rapids area women as they challenged popular opinion and military tradition for the opportunity to defend their country.
Veteran Will Miner served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1992 to 1996 and is currently a library assistant in the archives of the Grand Rapids Public Library. A 2003 graduate of GVSU, he earned a Masters in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University in 2013.
Co-sponsored by the Greater Rapids Women's History Council, the Grand Rapids Historical Society & the Grand Rapids Public Library
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Celebrate Women's 2016 Elective History
with PWA!
The Progressive Women's Alliance invited friends of the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council to a celebration next Wednesday, November 16, from 6-8 to toast the milestone of the first woman in U.S. history to be a major party's nominee for president. They will also recognize area women candidates who ran for office this fall.
Join the celebration and enjoy light appetizers, a cash bar (bartending by Art of the Table) music by Elgin Vines and Company, and free parking.
RSVP to Heather at 517.927.5179
At the LaFontsee Galleries, 833 Lake Drive SE
There is no charge to attend, except for a cash bar.
This event is underwritten with generous support.
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For more information on this program and other events and more, visit the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
website.
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Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Vanderveen Center for the Book at the Grand Rapids Public Library. If you have suggestions for programs, oral histories, or other items, please
email us
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