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Her Legacy: Women, WWI and the Red Cross

Jun 30, 2020 09:48AM ● By by Katlyn Bosch VerMerris for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | Illustration by VanderPloeg

The Grand Rapids Red Cross headquarters were in the Klingman Building on Ionia. It was open daily for drop-in war work rolling bandages or wrapping Christmas packages, but the city’s numerous auxiliaries had their own workrooms and leaders.

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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: 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: 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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Her Legacy: Eleanor Girodat, Undertaker

Nov 01, 2019 06:20PM ● By WLMagazine

by Ruth Van Stee for the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council | Illustrations by Libby VanderPloegIn 1912 the Grand Rapids Press...

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