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Her Legacy

Her Legacy: The August Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment

Aug 14, 2020 08:00AM ● By Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council | Illustrations by Libby VanderPloeg

On August 26th, 1920, the United States certified the Nineteenth Amendment to its constitution: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Raise your glasses to its centennial!

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Her Legacy: Suffragists at St. Cecilia

May 11, 2020 07:00AM ● By Melissa Fox

After a heated debate at its 1893...

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Her Legacy: Minnie Cumnock Blodgett, Changing the History of Nursing | Women's LifeStye, Inspired Voices, Ep17

May 06, 2020 12:21PM ● By WLMagazine

100 years ago, a Grand Rapids woman had an idea that changed the history of nursing forever. Julia Bouwkamp of the Greater Grand Rapids Wom...

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Her Legacy: Minnie Cumnock Blodgett & Nursing History

Apr 03, 2020 03:40PM ● By WLMagazine

by Julia Bouwkamp for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council |Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegIn 1917 as Americans prepared ...

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Her Legacy: Emily Burton Ketcham, Suffrage Dynamo

Mar 01, 2020 05:17PM ● By WLMagazine

by Jo Ellyn Clarey for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegToday we recognize the parad...

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Her Legacy: Mary Roberts Tate, African American Suffragist

Feb 01, 2020 05:44PM ● By WLMagazine

by Sophia Ward Brewer for the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council | Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegAt the end of the ninetee...

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Her Legacy: GGRWHC Launches Area-Wide , Year-Long Celebration of Local Suffrage

Jan 01, 2020 05:53PM ● By WLMagazine

by the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegHer photo rescued from a 21st-century garage sal...

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Her Legacy: Emily Chamberlin, Municipal Housekeeper

Dec 01, 2019 06:11PM ● By WLMagazine

by Jayson Otto for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council| Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegBorn in 1866 Grand Rapids, Emily ...

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Her Legacy: Marion Frances Blood, Architect-Engineer

Dec 01, 2019 06:01PM ● By WLMagazine

by Pamela VanderPloeg for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | Illustration by Libby VanderPloegWho would have guessed that ...

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Emily Chamberlin, Municipal Housekeeper

Nov 05, 2019 10:00AM ● By WLMagazine

by Jayson Otto for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | illustration by Libby VanderPloeg | photos courtesy of the Greater Gra...

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