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Her Legacy - I Stand on the Shoulders of Lottie Wilson Jackson

May 13, 2021 08:33PM ● By Sophia Ward Brewer

You might never have heard of this suffragist, artist and activist, but Lottie Wilson Jackson travelled the country promoting her art work and fighting for women’s and civil rights until ...

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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: 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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