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GGRWHC Board of Directors
Mary Seeger,
Jo Ellyn Clarey,
Co-Presidents
Ruth VanStee,
Secretary
Connie Ingham
Treasurer
Jo Ellyn Clarey
Susan Coombes
Kristin Du Mez
Sharon Hanks
Connie Ingham
Kyle Irwin
Mary Seeger
Ruth Stevens
Amy Dunham Strand
Julie Tabberer
Ruth Van Stee
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Looking Back
The
O
ne hundred-twenty p
eople attended our annual reception and celebration of Women's History Month on March 30 at the Women's City Club. The large group enjoyed an evening with drinks and wonderful hors d'oeuvres, prepared by the Women's City Club chef.
Since women in elective office was the theme of
 the evening, local women in office or running for office were present. People had a chance to greet Grand Rapids' first woman mayor,
Rosalynn Bliss. Other guests in office included
Ruth Kelly, city commissioner, and
Joe Jones, the recently appointed city commissioner replacing Bliss,
Carol Hennessy and
Mandy Bolter, county
commissioners, and
Winnie Brinks, state representative, 76th House District.
Anyone running for an office right now? Candidate for the newly created Family Court Judgeship,
Deborah McNabb and
Kathleen Bruinsma for GRCC board.
Deirdre Toeller-Novak presented 
Shattering Glass Ceilings, relating the stories of five "firsts,"
Grand Rapids
women who were elected to office beginning in 1888: Harriet Cook, Eva McCall Hamilton, Grace Ames Van Hoesen, Evangeline Lamberts, and Rosalynn Bliss.
Mayor Bliss  spoke and she, along with Deirdre, entertained questions.
Photographer Diane Carroll Burdick took more pictures that night which can be seen on the
web site.
The co-presidents Mary Seeger and Jo Ellyn Clarey called for a brief business meeting,
 where members were asked to approve a change in the bylaws and add two new board members, Kristin Du Mez and Amy Dunham Strand.
More information
The
shortest
business meeting in the world was then adjourned.
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A 1936 photograph of Kent County Commissioners included 54 men and one woman, Grace Van Hoesen.
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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
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