LEGACY 2010 Calendar of Events
March 1 - August 31, 2010Creating a Legacy: The Women of Grand Rapids Exhibit: A look at the history of Grand Rapids focusing on the accomplishments of its female residents.
On view during regular library hours - Main Library, Grand Rapids History and Special Collections, 4th floor, 111 Library St NE, GR
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Monday, March 1
Photo Essays of the Week: Virtual History from the Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Individuals Pushing the Arts: Emily Jewell Clark & Helen Castenholz
View anytime!
http://www.historygrandrapids.org Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Contact: Cindy Laug,
laugc@gvsu.edu, 616-291-4293
Monday, March 1
The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: The Week in Women's HistoryFocus on the Ford Series with GVSU's Cindy Laug
Host Shelley Irwin and guests from the GGRWHC will survey the week's programming, with emphasis on Thursday evening at the Ford Museum. See calendar under March 4.
10:30 am, WGVU 88.5 FM
Sponsored by WGVU & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Shelley Irwin,
irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
Tuesday, March 2The 50 Most Influential Women in West MichiganA luncheon celebration of the achievements of 50 female business and civic leaders, to be profiled in the March 1 issue of the Grand Rapids Business Journal. Keynote address by the president of the University of Michigan, Mary Sue Coleman.
11 am - 1:30 pm, JW Marriott Grand Rapids, 235 Louis Campau NW
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Business Journal
Cost: $79
Contact: Jocelyn Burkett,
jburkett@geminipub.com, 616-459-3222
Tuesday, March 2One of Ours: How Grand Rapids' Elizabeth Eaglesfield Shifts National Legal History Celebrate women's achievements in the law and learn how the nineteenth-century story of a daring local woman changes the emerging portrait of our nation's earliest women attorneys.
Speaker: Jo Ellyn Clarey, Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, and remarks by WLAM leaders
5:30 pm network and mingle; 6 pm dinner & program, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Rm 529, 111 Commerce Avenue SW
Sponsored by Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (WLAM) Cooley, Grand Rapids Student Chapter
Cost: $15 reservations required; $7.50 students.
Contact: Amanda Narvaes,
narvaesa@cooley.edu,
WLAM-GR@cooley.edu, 616-334-6546
Wednesday, March 3
Glance at the Past: A Historical Moment from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionMadeline La Framboise, Fur Trader on the Grand River, 1800
8:30 am and 5:30 pm, WYCE 88.1 FM
Using
http://www.archive.org/index.php, type "glance at the past" in the search box; or using
http://www.grcmc.org/radio/ scroll down looking for Glance at the Past by Wednesday dates.
Sponsored by Community Media Center, Grand Rapids Historical Commission & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Matt Jarrells,
matt@wyce.org, 616-459-4788 x112
Thursday, March 4Thursdays at the Ford: A Series on Women's HistoryThe Heritage of Etta Smith Wilson, Ambitious Newswoman and Passionate OrnithologistDescended from nineteenth-century missionaries and Odawa medicine women, Wilson grew in Grand Rapids into a renowned journalist and uniquely accomplished "bird-woman."
Presenters: Cindy Laug and Connie Ingham, Grand Valley State University
7 pm, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 303 Pearl NW
Sponsored by Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Historical Society, Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council & Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Diana Barrett,
dbarrettgr@yahoo.com, 616-443-7503
Friday, March 5The Resilient Tradition of Grand Rapids Women in Elective PoliticsA 45-minute program by Jo Ellyn Clarey on the long and fascinating history of Grand Rapids women running for public office. Originally presented for the Progressive Women's Alliance in March 2005.
2 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25; repeated on March 15 and 27.
Sponsored by Progressive Women's Alliance & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105 or Melissa Anderson,
mjapwa@gmail.com, 616-498-8829
Saturday, March 6
Legacy Landmarks: Walking with Women Who Left Their Mark on Grand RapidsMarcella Beck of the Grand Rapids Public Library's local history department will introduce a new self-guided tour to downtown sites significant in Grand Rapids women's history, after which the hardy will walk the route. The map and brochure will remain available at the downtown GRPL branch.
10 am - coffee and pastry; 10:30 am - program on brochure; 11:30 am - guided walking tour
Grand Rapids Public Library, Vander Veen Center, 4th floor, 111 Library St NE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids Historical Commission, Grand Rapids Historical Society, & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Saturday, March 6
Grand Rapids on the Road to Women's SuffrageIn honor of the 90th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment in 2010, an airing of the 75-minute 1999 re-enactment of the national suffrage convention held in Grand Rapids (with Susan B. Anthony) at St. Cecilia Music Society in 1899.
8 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25; repeated on March 15 and 28.
Sponsored by Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105
Sunday, March 7Photo Essays of the Week: Virtual History from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionHistorical Working Women in Grand Rapids: Helen Meade & Woman's Committee of WWI
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Contact: Diana Barrett,
dbarrettgr@yahoo.com, 616-443-7503
Monday, March 8
The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: The Week in Women's HistoryFocus on the Ford Series with GRPL's Marcella Beck
Host Shelley Irwin and guests from the GGRWHC will survey the week's programming, with emphasis on Thursday evening at the Ford Museum. See calendar under March 11.
10:30 am, WGVU 88.5 FM
Sponsored by WGVU & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Shelley Irwin,
irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
Wednesday, March 10Glance at the Past: A Historical Moment from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionHattie Beverly, First African American Teacher in the Grand Rapids Public Schools, 1899
8:30 am and 5:30 pm, WYCE 88.1 FM
Using
http://www.archive.org/index.php, type "glance at the past" in the search box; or using
http://www.grcmc.org/radio/ scroll down looking for Glance at the Past by Wednesday dates.
Sponsored by Community Media Center, Grand Rapids Historical Commission & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Matt Jarrells,
matt@wyce.org, 616-459-4788 x112
Wednesday, March 10Author Visit: Maryann LesertGRCC English professor and author of
Base Ten will discuss her novel about a woman scientist seeking balance in her life.
7 pm, Grand Rapids Public Library Auditorium, 111 Library St NE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Thursday, March 11
Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities Book DiscussionCatherine Frerichs will read from her book,
Desires of the Heart: A Daughter Remembers Her Missionary Parents. Conversation will center on gender roles, vocation, religion, and encountering the "other."
9:30-11 am, Kent District Library, Cascade Branch, 2870 Jack Smith Avenue SE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kelly Gest,
grhuman@gvsu.edu, 616-774-1776
Thursday, March 11
Thursdays at the Ford: A Series on Women's HistoryBonnets and Business: Women and Work in Grand Rapids, 1890-1930Marcella Beck and Ruth Van Stee (Grand Rapids Public Library, GR History and Special Collections) will share surprising information about the economic role of turn-of-the-century women entrepreneurs and employees.
7 pm, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 303 Pearl NW
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Society, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, & Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Ruth VanStee,
ravanstee@aol.com,
localhis@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5497, 616-745-9657
Saturday, March 13
Growing Older, Becoming WiserExplore with other women in a workshop setting the possibilities for the third stage of life-when we reap the wisdom from our past experience and learn to embrace the wise woman within.
9:30-12:30 pm, Briarlane Apartments' Club House, 450 Briar Lane NE
Sponsored by Circle of Crones
Cost: $15 or two for $25; Tickets: Irene Walker,
reniewalker@att.net, 616-285-7995
Contact: Johanna Sizick,
jsizick5771@esagelink.com, 616-475-5771 or Janis Tzortzinis,
janistz@hotmail.com, 616-791-9186
Sunday, March 14Photo Essays of the Week: Virtual History from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionWomen in the History of Opera in Grand Rapids
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/explore.php?cat=14&essay=15 View Anytime!
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/ Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Contact: Gilbert R. Davis,
davisg@gvsu.edu, 616-452-9324
Monday, March 15
The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: The Week in Women's HistoryFocus on the Ford Series with blues historian Kim D. Rush
Host Shelley Irwin and guests from the GGRWHC will survey the week's programming, with emphasis on Thursday evening at the Ford Museum. See calendar under March 18.
10:30 am, WGVU 88.5 FM
Sponsored by WGVU & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Shelley Irwin,
irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
Monday, March 15Grand Rapids on the Road to Women's SuffrageIn honor of the 90th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment in 2010, an airing of the 75-minute 1999 re-enactment of the national suffrage convention held in Grand Rapids (with Susan B. Anthony) at St. Cecilia Music Society in 1899.
6 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25; repeated on March 28.
Sponsored by Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105
Monday, March 15The Resilient Tradition of Grand Rapids Women in Elective PoliticsA 45-minute program by Jo Ellyn Clarey on the long and fascinating history of Grand Rapids women running for public office. Originally presented for the Progressive Women's Alliance in March 2005.
7:15 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25; repeated on March 27.
Sponsored by Progressive Women's Alliance & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105
Melissa Anderson,
mjapwa@gmail.com, 616-498-8829
Tuesday, March 16Sisters, Schoolgirls and Sleuths: The Secrets of Girl DetectivesGrand Valley State University librarian Patricia Bravender will discuss Golden Age girls mystery series, published from the 1930s through the 1960s, and will bring books from her extensive collection of Nancy Drew, Dana Girls, Judy Bolton, and Trixie Belden novels.
7 pm, Grand Rapids Public Library, Vander Veen Center, 4th floor, 111 Library St NE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Wednesday, March 17
Glance at the Past: A Historical Moment from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionDolores Smith Hruby, Composer of Choral Music: Filling the Gap Post-Vatican II
8:30 am and 5:30 pm, WYCE 88.1 FM
Using
http://www.archive.org/index.php, type "glance at the past" in the search box; or using
http://www.grcmc.org/radio/, scroll down checking for Glance at the Past by Wednesday dates.
Sponsored by Community Media Center, Grand Rapids Historical Commission & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Matt Jarrells,
matt@wyce.org, 616-459-4788 x112
Wednesday, March 17Huntington Pillar Awards LuncheonHonoring West Michigan employers who empower women in the workplace.
11:45 am - 1:30 pm, Amway Hotel, Ambassador Ballroom, 227 Pearl Street NW
Sponsored by Women's Resource Center
Cost: $50
Contact: Lydia Michael,
lmichael@grwrc.org, 616-458-5443
Wednesday, March 17A Tribute to Margaret Sanger & Forum on Women's Reproductive Health CarePanelists will address the legal, political, policy, and on-the-street aspects of reproductive health issues for women in the context of the current health care debate--however it is being defined in March.
Panelists: Kary Moss, Executive Director, ACLU of Michigan, Sarah Scranton, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, State Senator Gretchen Whitmer (23rd District), Gayla Jewell, Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center
5 pm-social time/wine ticket bar; 5:30 pm-program; Women's City Club, Lower level auditorium, 254 E Fulton
Sponsored by Progressive Women's Alliance
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Melissa Anderson,
mjapwa@gmail.com, 616-498-8829
Thursday, March 18Anna Karen Van Deventer: "A Dash of Taste"
Van Deventer will share experiences about everyday life as she "whips" up goodies at a WCC luncheon/program. She loves history, is a purveyor of fine antiques, and restores century-old homes.
10:30 am, Women's City Club, 254 E Fulton
Sponsored by Women's City Club
Cost: $17, prepay by March 15.
Contact: Carol Dodge,
dodger@voyager.net, 616- 459-3321
Thursday, March 18Thursdays at the Ford: A Series on Women's History
Giving Up the Blues for Gospel: The Story of Women Blues Singers in Grand RapidsHard to find in Grand Rapids, our women blues singers since the 1950s have nevertheless made a colorful group. Uncover the blues scene with Kim D. Rush from the Grand Rapids Historical Society.
7 pm, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 303 Pearl NW
Sponsored by Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Historical Society, & Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Diana Barrett,
dbarrettgr@yahoo.com, 616-443-7503
Friday, March 19
When Did 'Feminism' Become the New F-Word?
Tracing the changing fortunes of the word 'feminism': its early days in the nineteenth century, its heyday in the 1970s, and perceptions of it in the twenty-first century.
Speaker: Rosemary Erickson Johnsen of Governors State University
7:30 pm, Women's City Club, Lower level auditorium, 254 E Fulton
Sponsored by American Association of University Women
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Mary Jane Keeler,
mirubi@aol.com, 616-453-2240
Saturday, March 20The Rocking Chair Experience III: Sojourner Truth's LegacyMeet descendants of Sojourner Truth as they share her life story and the impact her life still has on us today. (Artifacts displayed.)
12:30 pm, The Social Exchange Room, 1956 Eastern
Sponsored by National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Club, Inc.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Maggie Hankins,
aybiyoyo@aol.com, 616-243-2963
Sunday, March 21
Photo Essays of the Week: Virtual History from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionEthnicity and Women at Work: Thelma Estelle Garnet & Etta Smith Wilson
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/explore.php?cat=10&essay=43 View Anytime!
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/ Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Contact: Jennifer Morrison,
jen@mi-stories.com, 616-248-2706
Monday, March 22The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: The Week in Women's HistoryFocus on the Ford Series with GRHC's Diana Barrett
Host Shelley Irwin and guests from the GGRWHC will survey the week's programming, with emphasis on Thursday evening at the Ford Museum. See calendar under March 25th.
10:30 am, WGVU 88.5 FM
Sponsored by WGVU & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Shelley Irwin,
irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
Tuesday, March 23
Continuing a Legacy: GVSU Women's Center Tea PartyThe centuries-old tradition of tea parties was used as a venue for women to share discussions of literature, politics and reform.
3-4:30 pm, GVSU Grand River Room/Kirkhof Center, 1201 KC, Allendale Sponsored by Grand Valley State University Women's Center
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Jo Ann Wassenaar,
womenctr@gvsu.edu, or
wassenaj@gvsu.edu, 616-331-2748
Tuesday, March 23
Women Who Changed AmericaThis one-women show brings to life women who changed America. Marie Papciak introduces you to a woman Civil War soldier and an abolitionist.
7 pm, Lowell Township Hall, 2910 Alden Nash Avenue SE, Lowell
Sponsored by Lowell Area Historical Museum
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Pat Allchin,
pallchin@lowellmuseum.org, 616-897-7688
Wednesday, March 24
Glance at the Past: A Historical Moment from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionMabel Balyeat, A New Deal for Books: Starting the Kent District Library during the Great Depression
8:30 am and 5:30 pm, WYCE 88.1 FM
Using
http://www.archive.org/index.php, type "glance at the past" in the search box; or using
http://www.grcmc.org/radio/, scroll down checking for Glance at the Past by Wednesday dates.
Sponsored by Community Media Center, Grand Rapids Historical Commission & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Matt Jarrells,
matt@wyce.org, 616-459-4788 x112
Wednesday, March 24Sojourner Truth in Michigan
Visiting from Cornell University, Professor Margaret Washington will discuss her new book,
Sojourner Truth's America, an in-depth account of an amazing activist.
7 pm, Grand Rapids Public Library Auditorium, 111 Library St NE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Thursday, March 25Get a Clue with Nancy DrewNancy Drew has been solving cases since the 1930s. How has she changed through the years? Games, activities, and crafts for ages 8 and up.
5:30 pm, Grand Rapids Public Library Auditorium, 111 Library St NE
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Library
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Kristen Corrado,
kcorrado@grpl.org, 616-988-5402 x5438
Thursday, March 25Thursdays at the Ford: A Series on Women's HistoryGrand Rapids' Most Famous Courtesan: Georgie YoungBeginning with business success in the "oldest profession," a young nineteenth-century Grand Rapids woman metamorphosed into property owner, philanthropist, author, and actress.
Speaker: Diana E. Barrett, Grand Rapids Historical Commission
7 pm, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 303 Pearl NW
Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Historical Society, & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Jo Ellyn Clarey,
joellynclarey@yahoo.com, 616-443-4946
Saturday, March 27
The Resilient Tradition of Grand Rapids Women in Elective PoliticsA 45-minute program by Jo Ellyn Clarey on the long and fascinating history of Grand Rapids women running for public office. Originally presented for the Progressive Women's Alliance in March 2005.
8 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25
Sponsored by Progressive Women's Alliance & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105 or Melissa Anderson,
mjapwa@gmail.com, 616-498-8829
Sunday, March 28Grand Rapids on the Road to Women's SuffrageIn honor of the 90th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment in 2010, an airing of the 75-minute 1999 re-enactment of the national suffrage convention held in Grand Rapids (with Susan B. Anthony) at St. Cecilia Music Society in 1899.
4 pm, GRTV/Cable Channel 25
Sponsored by Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council & GRTV
Contact: Kellie Ashcroft,
kellie@grcmc.org, 616-459-4788, ext 105
Sunday, March 28
Photo Essays of the Week: Virtual History from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionWomen in Science and Service: Mary Hefferan & Camp Blodgett's Babies Welfare Guild
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/explore.php?cat=12&essay=42 View anytime!
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/ Sponsored by Grand Rapids Historical Commission
Contact: Cindy Laug,
laugc@gvsu.edu, 616-291-4293
Monday, March 29
The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: The Week in Women's HistoryThe LEGACY 2010 Finale with GGRWHC's Jo Ellyn Clarey
Host Shelley Irwin and guests from the GGRWHC will survey the week's programming, with emphasis on the LEGACY finale Wednesday at the Women's City Club. See calendar under March 31.
10:30 am, WGVU 88.5 FM
Sponsored by WGVU & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Shelley Irwin,
irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
Tuesday, March 30A League of Their OwnDoris "Little Cookie" Cook and Rosemary "Stevie" Stevenson will share their experiences on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
5 pm Social, 6 pm Dinner, 7:30pm Program, Women's City Club, 254 E Fulton
Sponsored by Women's City Club
Cost: $28 - must be prepaid
Contact: Carol Dodge,
dodger@voyager.net, 616- 459-3321
Wednesday, March 31Glance at the Past: A Historical Moment from the Grand Rapids Historical CommissionThe Grand Rapids Chicks, Women in Baseball
8:30 am and 5:30 pm, WYCE 88.1 FM
Using
http://www.archive.org/index.php, type "glance at the past" in the search box; or using
http://www.grcmc.org/radio/, scroll down checking for Glance at the Past by Wednesday dates.
Sponsored by Community Media Center, Grand Rapids Historical Commission & Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Contact: Matt Jarrells,
matt@wyce.org, 616-459-4788 x112
Wednesday, March 31Legacy 2010 Finale
Climbing the Hill: 150 Years of Women Physicians in Grand Rapids
WGVU's Shelley Irwin will host a reception welcoming Dr. Marsha D. Rappley to the Grand Rapids community. The dean of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine will join Jo Ellyn Clarey, Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council, in a short program illustrating the rich history of local women physicians, then and now.
5 - 7 pm Hors d'oeuvres & wine ticket bar ($5/glass); 5:30 pm - program
Women's City Club, Lower level auditorium, 254 E Fulton
Sponsored by Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Free, but reserve at 616-454-2425
Contact: Kyle Irwin,
KSIrwin73@aol.com, 616-454-2425
