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GGRWHC Board of Directors
Mary Seeger,
Jo Ellyn Clarey,
Co-Presidents Susan Coombes
Vice President
Ruth VanStee,
Secretary
Connie Ingham
Treasurer
Jo Ellyn Clarey
Susan Coombes
Falinda Geerling
Sharon Hanks
Connie Ingham
Kyle Irwin
Mary Seeger
Ruth Stevens
Julie Tabberer
Ruth VanStee
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Begin Women's History Month on March 1 by celebrating the working women of Grand Rapids a hundred years ago and end the month at our Annual Reception on March 30.
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Berkey & Gay Girls Picnic, 1918
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Gert, Grace, and the Berkey & Gay Girls
Women, War, & Work in 1910s Grand Rapids
by Jullie Tabberer, Heather Edwards, and Drew Damron
7 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Grand Rapids Public Library, Main -
Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Grand Rapids Public Library, & the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Three staff members in the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections department of the Grand Rapids Public Library will share what they found in some recent research of women in Grand Rapids during World War I and the years leading up to it.
Using material from the
Shop Mark, an employee newsletter of the Berkey and Gay Furniture Company, Julie Tabberer will illustrate the lives of the women working at that company during World War I.
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Grace Van Hoesen, second from the left,
and the League for Women Voters
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Heather Edwards will illustrate Grace Van Hoesen's roles as a local suffrage leader, wartime chair of the industrial committee of the Woman's Committee of the Council on National Defense, and as a founder of the League of Women Voters.
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Gerturde Van Houten with her cartoon image of Gert
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The third part, led by Drew Damron, will introduce Gertrude Van Houten, an illustrator and cartoonist for the Grand Rapids Press. Gert quickly became a local celebrity, who was sent to draw on location in wartime Washington D.C. Damron has uncovered numerous examples of her work.
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Our annual reception at the Women's City Club
5 - 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Shattering Glass Ceilings:
Women's Elective History in Grand Rapids, 1888-2015
Deirdre Toeller-Novak will be focusing on five firsts, examples of women in elective politics in Grand Rapids history, culminating with the election of our special guest, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss.
Complimentary hors-d'oeuvres
Wine: $5/glass
(A free glass of wine to new and renewing members)
Reservations appreciated: see our invitation on
Eventbrite,
email info@ggrwhc.org,
or call 616-574-7307
Free and open to the public.
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Not a current member of GGRWHC?
Register or renew your membership and
help offset the expenses associated with annual research and programs. Your membership helps to set the record straight on the women who've made history here in our community.
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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
or plan to attend a meeting.
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