Index to Articles on Women, 1840's-Early 1930's,
From Newspapers Found in the Grand Rapids Public Library

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DATE

YEAR

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girls mad; strike over 3 co-workers discharged

GRH

23 Sep 1910

23 Sep

1910

Labor

WOMEN

n

Threaten to Cut Working Women's Pay, Illinois

GRH

20 May 1913

20 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Strike by women shirtwaist makers

GREP

23 Dec 1909

23 Dec

1909

Labor

WOMEN

n

The Girls in the library will strike for more pay

GREL

3 Feb 1892

3 Feb

1892

Labor

WOMEN

n

Ninth Report of the State Commissioner of Labor

GRH

22 Feb 1892

22 Feb

1892

Labor

WOMEN

n

State Commissioner of Labor reports what women earn

GRH

22 Feb 1892

22 Feb

1892

Labor

WOMEN

n

16 waitresses strike while serving banquet…

GRH

10 Sep 1910

10 Sep

1910

Labor

WOMEN

n

Factory girls well treated… only one trades labor union

GRH

18 Sep 1910

18 Sep

1910

Labor

WOMEN

n

Rabbi Braun, Gives $7 a Week as Minimum Wage

GRH

5 May 1913

5 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Scarcity of Work for Women and Girls

GRH

5 Apr 1913

5 Apr

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

An Incipient Strike

GREP

15 Aug 1893

15 Aug

1893

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girls wanted to learn to operate power sewing machines

GRH

9 May 1913

9 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Must Vote to Protect Labor

GRH

16 Nov 1910

16 Nov

1910

Labor

WOMEN

n

50 Hungarian servant girls went on strike at Budapest

GRH

19 Jul 1914

19 Jul

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Low Wage Not the Cause of Immorality

GRH

5 May 1913

5 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

900 unemployed working girls

GREP

15 Sep 1893

15 Sep

1893

Labor

WOMEN

n

Investigating working conditions for women in Michigan

GRH

14 Jul 1914

14 Jul

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girls On A Strike - Button Makers Walk Out

GRH

18 May 1892

18 May

1892

Labor

WOMEN

n

Connection Between Low Wages and Immorality

GRH

9 Mar 1913

9 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Scrub Women Earn More Than Shop Girls, St. Louis

GRH

22 May 1913

22 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Declares overcrowding market by female labor…

GRH

17 Feb 1913

17 Feb

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Many women keeping wolf from door

GRH

24 Feb 1933

24 Feb

1933

Labor

WOMEN

n

Don't waste any pity on the tired shop girl

GRH

7 Dec 1924

7 Dec

1924

Labor

WOMEN

n

32 states refused to ratify child labor amendment

GRP

19 Oct 1925

19 Oct

1925

Labor

WOMEN

n

Minimum wage laws for women

GRP

10 Oct 1925

10 Oct

1925

Labor

WOMEN

n

Pleads for fair deal in hiring teachers

GRH

23 Feb 1933

23 Feb

1933

Labor

WOMEN

n

'Switch Annie' is 20 Years on Job, RR Switchyard

GRH

8 Jun 1913

8 Jun

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Give the women a break

GRH

16 Feb 1933

16 Feb

1933

Labor

WOMEN

n

U. S. court hears women wage case

GRP

9 Oct 1925

9 Oct

1925

Labor

WOMEN

n

G. R. could use women to advantage on police force

GRH

15 Mar 1913

15 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Treated Like Slaves in Virginia Coal Fields

GRH

14 Jun 1913

14 Jun

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girls' Wages Here as Low as in Chicago

GRH

12 Mar 1913

12 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Men, Not Low Wages, Drive Girls to Lives in the Underworld

GRH

13 Mar 1913

13 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Wearied by All Day Shop Tours

GRH

13 Mar 1913

13 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women of the Under World as Witnesses

GRH

8 Mar 1913

8 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Low Wages Held to Blame Downfall of Many Women

GRH

31 Jan 1913

31 Jan

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Time employed woman went back to prewar duties-her home

GRP

9 Dec 1931

9 Dec

1931

Labor

WOMEN

n

Woman Slaves

GRH

21 May 1892

21 May

1892

Labor

WOMEN

n

2,000 Women in City Work Nights

GRH

24 Mar 1913

24 Mar

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Board of Education drops women teachers who have husbands

GRH

2 Feb 1932

2 Feb

1932

Labor

WOMEN

n

State Food Commissioner to employ women inspectors

GRH

21 Jan 1913

21 Jan

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Welfare Club Underpays Its Women Help

GRH

24 May 1913

24 May

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women outnumber men in Japan's factories

GRP

12 Feb 1926

12 Feb

1926

Labor

WOMEN

n

To Reduce Work Hours for Women, New York

GRH

26 Jan 1913

26 Jan

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Meeting to form Federal Union at Morton House

GRH

25 Jan 1896

25 Jan

1896

Labor

WOMEN

n

Married teachers versus single

GRH

5 Feb 1932

5 Feb

1932

Labor

WOMEN

n

Would removed safeguards to working hours for women

GRP

6 Feb 1926

6 Feb

1926

Labor

WOMEN

n

Study Wages of 2,000 Girls, Grand Rapids

GRH

5 Feb 1913

5 Feb

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Workmen's Compensation Act under discussion

GRH

3 Feb 1913

3 Feb

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Comes to defense of married teachers

GRH

11 Jun 1932

11 Jun

1932

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Corset Makers meeting in interest of unionism

GRH

6 Feb 1913

6 Feb

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Garment Workers Beaten in Strike Riots

GRH

21 Jan 1913

21 Jan

1913

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girl Strikers Compel Cops to Carry Them

GRH

7 Feb 1914

7 Feb

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Strike of Livingston Dining Room Girls

GRH

11 Jan 1898

11 Jan

1898

Labor

WOMEN

n

Girls Worse Than Machines

GRD

30 Dec 1897

30 Dec

1897

Labor

WOMEN

n

The Public Pulse - 'As To Her Rights'

GREP

6 Jul 1906

6 Jul

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

Police Women Removed from Chicago Force

GRH

4 Mar 1914

4 Mar

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women in Industry- topic of Socialist meeting

GRH

12 Feb 1914

12 Feb

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women in Trades

GREP

30 Jun 1906

30 Jun

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

Washer Women Start Race War in Arizona

GRH

26 Feb 1914

26 Feb

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Women Who Work In Various Factories

GREP

23 Jun 1906

23 Jun

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

The Public Pulse - 'An Intelligent Girl's View

GREP

1 Mar 1906

1 Mar

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

Co-operation for Working Girls

GREP

31 Jan 1906

31 Jan

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

Employers praise 'reclaimed' women

GRH

16 Feb 1914

16 Feb

1914

Labor

WOMEN

n

Working Girls and Their Wages

GREP

24 Jan 1906

24 Jan

1906

Labor

WOMEN

n

The Factory Girl and Her Pay

GREP

17 Jan 1906

17 Jan

1906

Lacey, Mrs. Edith

WOMEN

y

Monument to American welfare worker in Japan

GRP

1 Sep 1925

1 Sep

1925

Ladies Aid Society

WOMEN

n

Concert at Masonic temple

GREL

7 May 1891

7 May

1891

Ladies Aid Society

WOMEN

n

Ladies Aid Society will serve supper

GRH

11 Jan 1897

11 Jan

1897

Ladies Benevolent Society

WOMEN

n

Organized benevolent society

GHET

15 Jan 1895

15 Jan

1895

Ladies Label League

WOMEN

n

Hold midwinter fair

GRH

26 Feb 1914

26 Feb

1914

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Program for club

GRE

11 Oct 1891

11 Oct

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Meeting for women not members filled to capacity

GRD

19 Jan 1894

19 Jan

1894

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Lecture "Injustice of Chivalry" at Ladies Literary Club

GREP

8 Feb 1893

8 Feb

1893

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Article on the organization from 1873

GRD

17 Jan 1897

17 Jan

1897

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Annual Meeting - J. C. Herkner, president

GREL

11 Apr 1881

11 Apr

1881

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Lecture "Principles of Gymnastics, LLC

GREP

14 Feb 1893

14 Feb

1893

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Program - article on treating of 'Modern Surgery'

GRTH

13 Dec 1891

13 Dec

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Hold child study class

GRH

28 Nov 1897

28 Nov

1897

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

To meet in Grand Rapids in October

GRD

26 Jul 1891

26 Jul

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

President's day to entertain club

GRE

30 Apr 1893

30 Apr

1893

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Dr. Anna Shaw to speak

GRH

30 Mar 1913

30 Mar

1913

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Large group to got to fair at Chicago

GRH

7 May 1893

7 May

1893

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Nomination of officers

GRTH

27 Sep 1891

27 Sep

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Held meeting

GRD

21 Jun 1891

21 Jun

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Do Women's Clubs Fulfil Their Mission?

GRH

25 May 1913

25 May

1913

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Program at Saturday session

GRH

15 Feb 1892

15 Feb

1892

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Entertains at G. R. Federation of Women's Clubs

GRH

29 Jan 1911

29 Jan

1911

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Presentation of 'Temple of Fame'

GRTH

27 Sep 1891

27 Sep

1891

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Consider the proposition of St. Cecilia to sell site

GRH

17 Jan 1892

17 Jan

1892

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Last meeting of the season addressed by Mrs. Henrotin

GRH

17 Jun 1894

17 Jun

1894

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Women vote to buy at home

GREP

23 May 1910

23 May

1910

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Reading by Miss M. L. Coe

GRSEP

4 Oct 1873

4 Oct

1873

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Reception for Pres. Harry Hutchins of Univ. of Michigan

GRH

1 Dec 1910

1 Dec

1910

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Held meeting on history of Spain

GREL

20 Jun 1881

20 Jun

1881

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Rev. A. W. Wishart address on "Suffrage"

GRH

5 Jan 1913

5 Jan

1913

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Annual meeting held

GREL

13 Jun 1892

13 Jun

1892

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Women Favor New Method at Adrian Girls School

GRP

4 Mar 1919

4 Mar

1919

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

President of club speaks at Ladies Literary Club

GRH

12 Mar 1913

12 Mar

1913

Ladies Literary Club

WOMEN

n

City Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting

GRH

28 Nov 1897

28 Nov

1897

Ladies' Literary Club

WOMEN

n

Meeting provided by entertainment committee

GRSEP

1 Dec 1877

1 Dec

1877

Ladies Literary Club building

WOMEN

n

7th Annual Exhibition of handiwork for charity

GRH

15 Oct 1896

15 Oct

1896

Ladies Literary Club building

WOMEN

n

7th Annual Exhibition of handiwork for charity

GRH

13 Oct 1896

13 Oct

1896

Ladies' Literary Club House

WOMEN

n

New Club House Dedicated

GRTH

31 Dec 1887

31 Dec

1887

Ladies' Literary Club House

WOMEN

n

New Club House Dedicated

GRTH

31 Dec 1887

31 Dec

1887

Ladies' Literary Club House

WOMEN

n

New Club House Dedicated

GRTH

31 Dec 1887

31 Dec

1887

Ladies' Literary Club House

WOMEN

n

New Club House Dedicated

GRTH

31 Dec 1887

31 Dec

1887

Ladies Literary Societies

WOMEN

n

Ladies Literary Society & West Side Literary Club met

GRSEP

20 Apr 1878

20 Apr

1878

Ladies Literary Society

WOMEN

n

Meeting - Committee on Art & Literature program

GRDT

2 Nov 1879

2 Nov

1879

Ladies Loyal League

WOMEN

n

Article on the Ladies Loyal League organization

LR

2 Sep 1863

2 Sep

1863

Ladies Military Aid Society

WOMEN

n

Acknowledged receipt of food items

LR

17 Jun 1863

17 Jun

1863

Ladies of the Modern Maccabees

WOMEN

n

Women in Fraternal Parade

GREP

17 Aug 1910

17 Aug

1910

Ladies Relief Society, Lansing

WOMEN

n

Ladies Relief Society, Lansing meeting

LSR

19 Oct 1871

19 Oct

1871

Ladies Union Label League

WOMEN

n

Organization completed last night

GRD

3 Feb 1898

3 Feb

1898

Ladies Union Label League

WOMEN

n

Elected officers

GRD

3 Feb 1898

3 Feb

1898

Ladies W.C.T.U., Petoskey

WOMEN

n

Request men paid on Monday instead of Saturday

PR

6 Apr 1882

6 Apr

1882

Lady Mar and Kellie

WOMEN

n

Row With Queen Over Suffrage, London

GRH

17 Jul 1913

17 Jul

1913

Lady Middleton

WOMEN

y

Peeress Blames America for Boldness of Girls

GRH

25 Jun 1913

25 Jun

1913

Lake Odess, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Oldest twins in Michigan live near Lake Odessa

GRH

26 Oct 1910

26 Oct

1910

Lake Odessa, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Piano and vocal instructor, Lake Odess, Michigan

GRH

24 Dec 1922

24 Dec

1922

Lake Shore Road Station

WOMEN

n

Appointed agent of Lake Shore Rd. at Charlestown, MI

GRTH

15 Aug 1891

15 Aug

1891

Lakeview, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Woman Wins at Polls and Again in Recount

GRP

15 Apr 1919

15 Apr

1919

Lamb, 'Aunt Mandy'

WOMEN

y

She tramped through woods to lighten suffering of sick

GRH

15 Jun 1924

15 Jun

1924

Lamb, Miss Carrie

WOMEN

y

Pretty Girl Clerks - The Boston Store

GRTH

25 Oct 1891

25 Oct

1891

Lamoreaux, W. T.

WOMEN

n

Employed 18 girls to sort beads, Grand Rapids

GRE

9 Feb 1883

9 Feb

1883

Lancaster, Miss Mary C.

WOMEN

y

Pretty Girl Clerks - Steketee & Son's

GRTH

25 Oct 1891

25 Oct

1891

Lancaster, Mrs. C. F.

WOMEN

y

W.C.T.U. vice-president, Petoskey

PR

1 Apr 1891

1 Apr

1891

Landes, Mrs. Bertha K.

WOMEN

y

Woman is elected Mayor of Seattle

GRP

10 Mar 1926

10 Mar

1926

Landman, Mrs. W.

WOMEN

y

Margot, you got us men all wrong, say G. R. women

GRH

16 Jul 1922

16 Jul

1922

Landman, Neil

WOMEN

y

Holland divorcee being tried for throwing acid at man

GRP

10 Sep 1925

10 Sep

1925

Lane, Mr. & Mrs. John W.

WOMEN

y

Lighthouse keepers at Old Mission Light

GREP

18 Nov 1905

18 Nov

1905

Lane, Mrs. Sara A.

WOMEN

y

Oldest visitor to the United Brethren camp meeting

GRP

23 Sep 1925

23 Sep

1925

Langenour, Hazel Bess

WOMEN

y

Girl Who Swam the Golden Gate

GRH

11 Jan 1913

11 Jan

1913

Lanning, Mrs.

WOMEN

y

Discharged by managers; sues to recover damages

GRH

15 Oct 1892

15 Oct

1892

Lansing

WOMEN

n

Petitions by women to reinstate the death penalty

GREL

2 Apr 1891

2 Apr

1891

Lansing Convention

WOMEN

n

Senator Ferry pro woman's suffrage

GRT

23 Sep 1874

23 Sep

1874

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Ladies Relief Society, Lansing meeting

LSR

19 Oct 1871

19 Oct

1871

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Mother's Pension passed in Senate, Michigan

GRH

15 Apr 1913

15 Apr

1913

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Lansing Girls in Italy

LTWR

1 Sep 1883

1 Sep

1883

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Rev. Augusta J. Chapin closed her engagement as pastor

LSWR

11 May 1875

11 May

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Spoke in Lansing on woman suffrage

LSWR

23 Apr 1875

23 Apr

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Eight Women on State Ballot in April, Lansing, Michigan

GRP

14 Mar 1919

14 Mar

1919

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffrage amendment will be submiited to house, Lansing

GRH

18 Mar 1913

18 Mar

1913

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Mrs. F. H. Lovette - hairdresser, Lansing, Michigan

LSWR

10 Sep 1875

10 Sep

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffrage Issue in Spring Election, Lansing

GRH

6 Mar 1913

6 Mar

1913

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Will be open for viewing the circus parade, Lansing, MI

GRD

9 Aug 1894

9 Aug

1894

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffragists held conference of state leadersin Lansing

GRH

3 Dec 1912

3 Dec

1912

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

A Flush Female Beggar, Lansing, Michigan

LSWR

19 Jan 1875

19 Jan

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffrage Bill Passes Senate, Lansing

GRH

26 Feb 1913

26 Feb

1913

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Anna Dickinson wants to lecture in Lansing

LSWR

14 Sep 1875

14 Sep

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Establishment of reform school for girls, Lansing, Mich.

GRSEP

17 May 1879

17 May

1879

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffragists make up to Legislators -Grand Rapids, Lansing

GRH

4 Mar 1912

4 Mar

1912

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Madam De Von Varst's Health Corsets

LSWR

10 Sep 1875

10 Sep

1875

Lansing, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suffrage and Eugenics Bill Passed House, Lansing

GRH

21 Feb 1913

21 Feb

1913

Lansingburgh, New York

WOMEN

n

Sister of John Ball dies in Lansingburgh, NY

GREL

29 May 1891

29 May

1891

Larson, Mable

WOMEN

y

Mable Larson charged with habitual drunkenness, 60 days

GRH

29 Jun 1915

29 Jun

1915

Larwill, Miss Isabel

WOMEN

y

Women open Green offices in Detroit

GRP

23 Aug 1928

23 Aug

1928

Lathrap, Mrs. Mary T.

WOMEN

y

President of W.C.T.U. Michigan dies

GHET

14 Jan 1895

14 Jan

1895

Lathrop, Miss

WOMEN

y

Grand Rapids teachers grow old in public work

GREP

13 Apr 1907

13 Apr

1907

Lathrop, Miss Antoinette

WOMEN

y

Charter member of West Side Literary Glub

GREP

8 Sep 1910

8 Sep

1910

Lathrop, Miss Mary F.

WOMEN

y

First woman admitted to American bar

GRH

31 Aug 1933

31 Aug

1933

LaTour, Mrs. Sarah

WOMEN

y

Vice-President, Michigan Woman's Press Club

GRH

24 Jul 1892

24 Jul

1892

Latter Day Saints

WOMEN

n

LDS (Mormons) Deny Practice of Polygamy

GRH

16 Apr 1913

16 Apr

1913

Laude, Lena

WOMEN

y

Allegan's Nurses Make Real Record

GRP

4 Aug 1922

4 Aug

1922

Laude, Miss Leon M.

WOMEN

y

New County Nurse appointed at Allegan

GRP

18 Sep 1922

18 Sep

1922

Laughlin, James Edwin

WOMEN

y

Granted divorce from his wife

GREP

28 Jun 1911

28 Jun

1911

Laughlin, Mrs. Estella May

WOMEN

y

Knocks out husband causing great injury

GREP

28 Jun 1911

28 Jun

1911

LaVern, Mrs. Edna

WOMEN

y

Grand Rapids woman's art work is given praise

GRH

28 Dec 1924

28 Dec

1924

Lavie, Miss Elizabeth

WOMEN

y

Only woman exhibitor in the Grand Rapids market

GRH

14 Jan 1916

14 Jan

1916

Law

WOMEN

n

Would tax unmarried men over 25 for support of a wife

GRH

22 Mar 1914

22 Mar

1914

Law

WOMEN

n

Is a divorced woman a widow?

GRH

29 Nov 1912

29 Nov

1912

Law

WOMEN

n

Women prisoners to be given training

GRP

15 Oct 1925

15 Oct

1925

Law

WOMEN

n

Two women with objectionable character ejected from hotel

GRH

7 Sep 1912

7 Sep

1912

Law

WOMEN

n

Mrs. Sarah A. Jakeway-probate court

GRH

11 Mar 1914

11 Mar

1914

Law

WOMEN

n

Alderman George E. Rogers wants policewoman employed

GRH

11 Jul 1914

11 Jul

1914

Law

WOMEN

n

Only woman police judge in America, Tacoma, Washington

GRH

9 Jul 1914

9 Jul

1914

Law

WOMEN

n

Passed bill - public flogging for wife beaters

GRSEP

1 Apr 1876

1 Apr

1876

Law

WOMEN

n

Forgot about 2 of 10 wives

GRH

28 May 1932

28 May

1932

Law

WOMEN

n

Justice Morschauer states. 'Stillman divorce repealed'

GRP

13 Feb 1926

13 Feb

1926

Law

WOMEN

n

Mother's Pension Law - human conservation at its maximum

GRH

29 Nov 1912

29 Nov

1912

Law

WOMEN

n

First woman admitted to American bar

GRH

31 Aug 1933

31 Aug

1933

Law

WOMEN

n

Guilty is verdict of first woman jury at Holland

GRP

5 Mar 1919

5 Mar

1919

Law

WOMEN

n

Minimum wage laws for women

GRP

10 Oct 1925

10 Oct

1925

Law

WOMEN

n

U. S. court hears women wage case

GRP

9 Oct 1925

9 Oct

1925

Law

WOMEN

n

Policewoman Emma Geiser seeking two missing sisters

GRP

30 Mar 1926

30 Mar

1926

Law

WOMEN

n

Supreme court admits negro woman lawyer

GRP

29 Jan 1926

29 Jan

1926

Law

WOMEN

n

Law requiring woman as police matron-cities over 10,000

GHDT

25 Aug 1897

25 Aug

1897

Law

WOMEN

n

Woman officer shows courage - deer shining

GRP

12 Nov 1926

12 Nov

1926

Law

WOMEN

n

Woman juror can smoke when she wants, says court

GRH

4 Nov 1925

4 Nov

1925

Law, Mrs. Capt. W. H.

WOMEN

y

Pioneer Heroine-Sketch of Life in the Wilderness

GRE

31 May 1891

31 May

1891

Law, Mrs. Capt. W. H.

WOMEN

y

Pioneer Heroine-Sketch of Life in the Wilderness

GRE

31 May 1891

31 May

1891

Law, Mrs. W. H.

WOMEN

y

Pioneer Heroine of Les Cheneaux Islands

SSMN

16 Jan 1897

16 Jan

1897

Lawler, Miss Kathleen F.

WOMEN

y

Acting as Mrs. Harding's Secretary

GRP

13 Dec 1920

13 Dec

1920

Lawrence, Frederick Pethick

WOMEN

y

Male Suffraget Goes Bankrupt, London

GRH

15 May 1913

15 May

1913

Lawrence, Thomas

WOMEN

y

Executive Clemency is Asked for colored robber

GRH

18 Sep 1912

18 Sep

1912

Laws

WOMEN

n

The Divorce Laws - Amendment to give Congress control

GREL

13 Jan 1892

13 Jan

1892

Lawson, Mrs. C. W.

WOMEN

y

North Park Women don startling regalia for spelling Bee

GRH

26 Mar 1922

26 Mar

1922

League of American Sportsmen

WOMEN

n

Killing of White Heron for Hat Feathers

GRH

1 Feb 1914

1 Feb

1914

League of Catholic Women

WOMEN

n

Dr. Clarence C. Little should not publicly advocate birth control

GRP

1 Dec 1925

1 Dec

1925

League of Nations

WOMEN

n

Women to be recognized by the League of Nations

GRP

2 Apr 1919

2 Apr

1919

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

They lead women voters league this year

GRH

31 Dec 1933

31 Dec

1933

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Men Invited to Hear Feminists

GRP

2 Dec 1922

2 Dec

1922

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

For women voters

GRP

4 Aug 1928

4 Aug

1928

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Speaker says indifference of sex blocks women's progress

GRH

12 Dec 1923

12 Dec

1923

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

New women voters of 1927 attend birth party

GRP

1 Mar 1927

1 Mar

1927

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Women to study city government

GRH

28 May 1933

28 May

1933

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Women learn of political issues

GRP

7 Aug 1928

7 Aug

1928

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Adopt new organization - League of Women Voters

GRP

25 Mar 1919

25 Mar

1919

League of Women Voters

WOMEN

n

Women voters will honor Mrs. Sherrard

GRP

27 Mar 1926

27 Mar

1926

Lean, Cecil

WOMEN

y

Fails Again to Get Divorce From Cecil Lean, Detroit actor

GRH

21 Apr 1913

21 Apr

1913

Lean, Florence Holbrook

WOMEN

y

Fails Again to Get Divorce From Cecil Lean, Detroit actor

GRH

21 Apr 1913

21 Apr

1913

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Miss Mathilda Victor Lectures

GRDE

7 Jan 1871

7 Jan

1871

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Rev. Anna Shaw lecture on 'God's Women'

GREL

13 Apr 1891

13 Apr

1891

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Anna Dickinson's Lecture

GRDE

16 Feb 1870

16 Feb

1870

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Mrs. A. Gertrude Bailey to lecture at Unitarian Church

GRET

7 Mar 1895

7 Mar

1895

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson lectured at Woman's Club

GHDT

27 Feb 1896

27 Feb

1896

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Lecture at Slayton's Lyceum Bureau, Chicago, Illinois

RCC

7 Feb 1879

7 Feb

1879

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Lecture by Miss Eastman

GRSEP

20 Jun 1874

20 Jun

1874

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Ella Wheeler Wilcox talks to working girls

GRP

25 Mar 1904

25 Mar

1904

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Mrs. Livermore's Lecture - Superfluous Women

GRSEP

29 Jan 1876

29 Jan

1876

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Editor of Woman's Tribune coming to Grand Rapids

GRE

8 Jan 1893

8 Jan

1893

Lecture

WOMEN

n

Mr. Peirce lecture- equal pay for equal work to women

GRDT

25 May 1878

25 May

1878

Lecture

WOMEN

n

"Qualifications for Successful Business Woman" address

GRH

7 Nov 1912

7 Nov

1912

Lee, Dr. Helen E.

WOMEN

y

Dr. Lee coming to Grand Haven

GHDT

6 Apr 1896

6 Apr

1896

Lee, Dr. W. J. Mosley

WOMEN

y

Dr. Lee coming to Grand Haven

GHDT

6 Apr 1896

6 Apr

1896

Lee, Lareta

WOMEN

y

Lareta Lee buried, her past forgiven

GRP

15 Mar 1926

15 Mar

1926

Lee, Miss Glennis

WOMEN

y

Lowell Girls win trip to state fair for canning demonstration

GRH

22 Aug 1924

22 Aug

1924

Lee, Miss Laretta

WOMEN

y

Paroled flapper bandit dies

GRP

11 Mar 1926

11 Mar

1926

Lee, Mrs. Frank

WOMEN

y

Ladies in Grand Rapids Bicycle Club

GRH

24 Apr 1892

24 Apr

1892

Leelanau County, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Suspected of murder, Leelanau County

GRP

6 Mar 1919

6 Mar

1919

Leelanau County, Michigan

WOMEN

n

How two Grand Rapids women struck gold-cherry trees

GRH

18 Jul 1930

18 Jul

1930

Leete, Miss Harriet

WOMEN

y

War Nurse Still Serves Others

GRP

12 Nov 1920

12 Nov

1920

Leigh, Miss Alice Margaret

WOMEN

y

Caledonia High School twin sisters

GRP

10 Mar 1927

10 Mar

1927

Leigh, Miss Margaret Alice

WOMEN

y

Caledonia High School twin sisters

GRP

10 Mar 1927

10 Mar

1927

Leitch, Miss Virginia

WOMEN

y

Rest Center in City is Plan of Y.W.C.A. Girls

GRP

25 Apr 1919

25 Apr

1919

Leitelt, Miss Rosetta

WOMEN

y

Grand Rapids Woman Curlers Assn

GRH

27 Jul 1924

27 Jul

1924

Leitzel, Lillian

WOMEN

y

Aerial Artist with Ringling Brothers Circus

GRP

15 Jul 1922

15 Jul

1922

Leland, Michigan

WOMEN

n

5 millionaires-volunteer firemen couldn't save home

GRH

25 Jul 1912

25 Jul

1912

Lempke, Miss Elsie M.

WOMEN

y

Girl holds down management job at manufacturing plant

GRH

9 Apr 1922

9 Apr

1922

Lenglen, Suzanne

WOMEN

y

The lady amateur…

GRP

12 Feb 1926

12 Feb

1926

Leonard, Mrs.

WOMEN

y

Women's Relief Corps, chair of Watson Corps.

GRD

3 Aug 1891

3 Aug

1891

Leonard, Mrs. Cassa L.

WOMEN

y

Secretary of Builders and Traders Exchange

GRP

26 Apr 1919

26 Apr

1919

LeRoy, Mrs. Mabel Pound

WOMEN

y

Michigan woman has authority to sign president's name

GREP

2 Aug 1910

2 Aug

1910

Lewis, Maud

WOMEN

y

3 girls receive watches

GREL

11 Jun 1891

11 Jun

1891

Lewis, Mrs. Agnes Smith

WOMEN

y

Woman explorer at 83 is given high tribute

GRP

5 May 1926

5 May

1926

Lewis, Mrs. Minnie E.

WOMEN

y

Inspection of W.R.C. by Mrs. Minnie E. Lewis of Muskegon

GHDT

12 Nov 1896

12 Nov

1896

Lewis, Thomas R.

WOMEN

y

President of Association of Glove Importers

GRP

29 May 1922

29 May

1922

Library Association

WOMEN

n

Mrs. Livermore lectured concerning husbands

LSWR

9 Mar 1875

9 Mar

1875

Lick, James

WOMEN

y

Founder of observatory

GHDT

7 Apr 1896

7 Apr

1896

Lillie, Karl G.

WOMEN

y

Voting Clerk at Lafayette School

GRP

5 Mar 1919

5 Mar

1919

Little, Dr. Clarence Cook

WOMEN

y

President of University of Michigan

GRP

1 Dec 1925

1 Dec

1925

Little, President Clarence Cook

WOMEN

y

Plans anew for woman education

GRP

14 Nov 1925

14 Nov

1925

Livermore, Mrs.

WOMEN

y

Mrs. Livermore's Lecture - Superfluous Women

GRSEP

29 Jan 1876

29 Jan

1876

Livermore, Mrs. Mary

WOMEN

y

Unable to lecture in city

LSWR

2 Mar 1875

2 Mar

1875

Livermore, Mrs. Mary

WOMEN

y

Lectured concerning husbands

LSWR

9 Mar 1875

9 Mar

1875

Liverpool, England

WOMEN

n

Suffragist Left Home at Night to Fire Homes, Liverpool

GRH

11 Jul 1913

11 Jul

1913

Livingston, Albert

WOMEN

y

Attempted assault of girl, horsewhipped & driven from town

GRD

31 Jan 1894

31 Jan

1894

Lobdell, Helen M.

WOMEN

y

Elected treasurer of Political Equality Club

GRH

23 Mar 1893

23 Mar

1893

Lobdell, Helen M.

WOMEN

y

Attending Mich. Equal Suffrage meeting

GRH

1 Feb 1893

1 Feb

1893

Locke, Fred H.

WOMEN

y

Farewell dinner given to secretary of city manager

GRP

20 Sep 1922

20 Sep

1922

Locke, J. S.

WOMEN

y

Ionia County Woman Suffrage Association

GRSEP

19 Sep 1874

19 Sep

1874

Locke, Mrs. Fred H.

WOMEN

y

Women spurn spotlight but influence felt in commission room

GRH

12 Oct 1924

12 Oct

1924

Lockerby Hall

WOMEN

n

Ladies Bicycle Race commences at Lockerby Hall

GRH

31 Aug 1897

31 Aug

1897

Lockerby, Mrs.

WOMEN

y

Women of Business

GRD

9 Mar 1895

9 Mar

1895

Lockwood, Belva

WOMEN

y

Woman suffragists

GREL

4 Nov 1884

4 Nov

1884

Lockwood, Mrs. Belva

WOMEN

y

Women's conduct if given equal rights discussed

GRSEP

19 Apr 1879

19 Apr

1879

Lockwood, Mrs. Belva A.

WOMEN

y

Washington attorney - expresses views

GRTH

30 Nov 1891

30 Nov

1891

Loettgert, Fredrick

WOMEN

y

Treasurer - District Nurses Assn

GRD

10 Aug 1895

10 Aug

1895

Lombard, E. E.

WOMEN

y

John C. Camp is an old fogy

GRH

31 Mar 1914

31 Mar

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Aids Suffragists, Given 9 Months

GRH

9 Mar 1913

9 Mar

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

First Martyr to Suffragist Cause is Dead at Epsom

GRH

9 Jun 1913

9 Jun

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Premier Asquith will receive party of suffragets

GRH

19 Jun 1914

19 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffrage exhibit will tour world

GRH

16 Jul 1914

16 Jul

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women Plan to Kidnap Cabinet Ministers, London

GRH

22 Feb 1913

22 Feb

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffrage to be party measure

GRH

15 Jul 1915

15 Jul

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women March 400 miles to ask vote

GRH

18 Nov 1912

18 Nov

1912

London, England

WOMEN

n

1,500 Officers Battle with Suffragets

GRH

22 May 1914

22 May

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Sylvia Pankhurst took part in suffragist procession

GRH

13 Jul 1914

13 Jul

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Money Given to the Suffragets, London

GRH

11 Apr 1913

11 Apr

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

London Police are Fooled by Pankhurst

GRH

11 Feb 1914

11 Feb

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women Tell "Why I Am a Spinster"

GRH

5 Jan 1913

5 Jan

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

To keep Theodore Roosevelt's plans from suffragets

GRH

12 Jun 1914

12 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

White Slaver Gets A Shorter Term than Suffragists

GRH

16 Jul 1913

16 Jul

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Wild women have royalty in a terror

GRH

14 Jun 1914

14 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

"Farce" cries militant in London court

GRH

9 Jul 1914

9 Jul

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Cowboys to Race for Hand of Girl

GRH

2 Feb 1913

2 Feb

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Woman's suffrage complete in England

GRP

26 Feb 1926

26 Feb

1926

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women leaders after full vote

GRP

26 Apr 1926

26 Apr

1926

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffragets Burn Another Country Home, England

GRH

5 Apr 1913

5 Apr

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Militants start theater raids

GRH

13 Jun 1914

13 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Pankhurst on hunger strike

GRH

16 Jun 1914

16 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Baiting "Suffs" London sport

GRH

22 Jun 1914

22 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Guard Theodore Roosevelt from the militants

GRH

14 Jun 1914

14 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Militant suffragists start free-for-all

GRH

5 Mar 1914

5 Mar

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Widow relicts live in luxury - targets for men

GRH

30 Dec 1912

30 Dec

1912

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women taking up rabbit farming for sake of fur

GRP

8 Jan 1926

8 Jan

1926

London, England

WOMEN

n

Forged Cards of Suffragets are Detected

GRH

6 Jun 1914

6 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

First woman surgeon of England is dead

GRP

5 May 1926

5 May

1926

London, England

WOMEN

n

Bomb under famous chair of coronation

GRH

12 Jun 1914

12 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Women taken in gambling raid, London

GRH

19 Aug 1912

19 Aug

1912

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffragists battle in Trafalgar Square again

GRH

9 Mar 1914

9 Mar

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Noted feminologist, author and lecturer dies

GRP

30 Jan 1926

30 Jan

1926

London, England

WOMEN

n

Hostile mobs rush and beat the militants

GRH

8 Jun 1914

8 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

London police again arrest Pankhurst

GRH

11 Jun 1914

11 Jun

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Pankhurst Makes Appeal To King

GRH

26 Feb 1914

26 Feb

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Ladies studying as lawyers, now employed

LSWR

27 Jul 1875

27 Jul

1875

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffragets Fire A Train, London

GRH

10 Apr 1913

10 Apr

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Suffrage Bill Defeated by Parliament, London

GRH

7 May 1913

7 May

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

Feminine authors ask more rights

GRP

15 Sep 1928

15 Sep

1928

London, England

WOMEN

n

Miss Pankhurst and Poor Old London - fled to France

GRH

20 Oct 1912

20 Oct

1912

London, England

WOMEN

n

Wrote against suffrage; leaves money for cause

GRH

13 Mar 1914

13 Mar

1914

London, England

WOMEN

n

Englishwoman says live in Turkish harem is charming

GRH

18 Nov 1912

18 Nov

1912

London, England

WOMEN

n

Crowd Hostile to Suffragets, London

GRH

7 Apr 1913

7 Apr

1913

London, England

WOMEN

n

British women out to clear selves of reproach

GRP

30 Apr 1926

30 Apr

1926

London, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Plot Blow Up Grand Stand is Unearthed, London

GRH

8 Apr 1913

8 Apr

1913

Loomis, Cassius M.

WOMEN

y

Trustee, Emerson Society, Inc.

GREL

8 Aug 1892

8 Aug

1892

Loomis, Miss Alice

WOMEN

y

Central Y.W.C. Temperance meeting at her home

GREP

10 Jul 1893

10 Jul

1893

Loomis, Mrs. C. M.

WOMEN

y

President, Woman's Cycling Club

GRD

3 Oct 1895

3 Oct

1895

Loomis, Mrs. Rena

WOMEN

y

Local Woman to organize housewives & industrial workers

GRP

22 Jun 1922

22 Jun

1922

Loomis, Mrs. William H.

WOMEN

y

Chairman-Plan of Work Committee, St. Cecilia Society

GRH

2 Mar 1913

2 Mar

1913

Los Angeles Millionaire Ring

WOMEN

n

Say Rich Men Put Girls in Bondage, Los Angeles, CA

GRH

1 May 1913

1 May

1913

Los Angeles, California

WOMEN

n

Not all Los Angeles girls would be filmsters

GRP

13 Mar 1926

13 Mar

1926

Loutit, Mrs.

WOMEN

y

Holland Literary Club, Mrs. Loutit gave report

GHDT

28 Feb 1918

28 Feb

1918

Loutit, Mrs. William

WOMEN

y

Woman's Work Not Ending at Close of War

GHDT

5 Dec 1918

5 Dec

1918

Love, Miss Viola M.

WOMEN

y

New Matron at jail trained at U.B.A. Assn Training School

GRD

24 Nov 1896

24 Nov

1896

Love, Mrs. Maude M.

WOMEN

y

City treasurer of Ludington, MI

GRP

3 Mar 1926

3 Mar

1926

Loveland, Libbie

WOMEN

y

James Quinn charged with beating Libbie Loveland

GREL

7 Jul 1881

7 Jul

1881

Lovette, Mrs. F. H.

WOMEN

y

Hairdress, Lansing, Michigan

LSWR

10 Sep 1875

10 Sep

1875

Lovett's Block

WOMEN

n

5 young ladies employed at Telephone exchange

GREL

14 Jul 1881

14 Jul

1881

Lowe, Mrs. Edward

WOMEN

y

Women Plan to Aid Relief Work

GRH

5 Nov 1914

5 Nov

1914

Lowell Manufacturing Company

WOMEN

n

Factory Girls Work Overtime For Soldiers

GRP

14 May 1917

14 May

1917

Lowell, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Women at Lowell Help Make Annual Free Fair Success

GRP

16 Oct 1920

16 Oct

1920

Loyal Temperance Legion

WOMEN

n

In favor of equal suffrage, Ypsilanti, Michigan

GREP

9 Jul 1910

9 Jul

1910

Luce, Governor

WOMEN

y

Age of Consent Law set at 11 years of age

GRTH

22 May 1887

22 May

1887

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Speaking on woman suffrage at Luce's Hall

GRSEP

17 Oct 1874

17 Oct

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Discussion - To the Opponents of Woman Suffrage

GRSEP

2 May 1874

2 May

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Woman Suffrage meeting at Luce's Hall

GRSEP

24 Oct 1874

24 Oct

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Susan B. Anthony to speak on woman suffrage

GRT

26 Sep 1874

26 Sep

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Lecture by Miss Eastman

GRSEP

20 Jun 1874

20 Jun

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

n

Woman Suffrage Meeting

GRT

10 May 1874

10 May

1874

Luce's Hall

WOMEN

y

To speak on, 'Work and Wages'

GRSEP

3 Oct 1874

3 Oct

1874

Ludington, MI

WOMEN

n

Encourages his stenographer to apply circuit court

GRE

30 Oct 1893

30 Oct

1893

Ludington, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Women make certain of Ludington offices

GRP

3 Mar 1926

3 Mar

1926

Ludington, Mrs. Marion

WOMEN

y

Women 53 years in log cabin, Kent County

GRH

16 Apr 1922

16 Apr

1922

Lukens, Mrs. Emma

WOMEN

y

Muskegon woman toils two years, builds own home

GRH

19 Oct 1924

19 Oct

1924

Lund, Mrs. Haviland H.

WOMEN

y

Mrs. Lund seeking hearing by council

GRP

2 Nov 1925

2 Nov

1925

Lupinski, Mrs. Hugo

WOMEN

y

Secretary - District Nurses Assn

GRD

10 Aug 1895

10 Aug

1895

Luther, Michigan

WOMEN

n

Farms at 79 years, Luther, Michigan

GRP

4 Jan 1926

4 Jan

1926

Lydia E. Pinkham

WOMEN

n

Lydia E. Pinkham compound made two nervous women well

GRH

14 Jul 1914

14 Jul

1914

Lyle, Miss Gertrude

WOMEN

y

Butterworth Hospital Earliest Graduates, Class '98

GRH

20 Aug 1925

20 Aug

1925

Lynch, Miss Julia

WOMEN

y

Farewell dinner given to secretary of city manager

GRP

20 Sep 1922

20 Sep

1922

Lyon, Miss Ethel V.

WOMEN

y

Co-ed is only 3rd of sex to take engineering course

GRH

11 May 1930

11 May

1930

Lyon, Thomas R.

WOMEN

y

Encourages his stenographer to apply circuit court

GRE

30 Oct 1893

30 Oct

1893

Lypchinski, Mrs. Stanislaw

WOMEN

y

Woman Held on Murder Charge in Nun Mystery

GRP

25 Feb 1919

25 Feb

1919

Lypchinski, Mrs. Stanislawa

WOMEN

y

Mrs. Lypchinski held for murder in first degree

GRP

11 Apr 1919

11 Apr

1919

Lypchinski, Mrs. Stanislawa

WOMEN

y

Suspected of murder, Leelanau County

GRP

6 Mar 1919

6 Mar

1919

Lyzen, Mr. & Mrs. D. G.

WOMEN

y

Mr. & Mrs. D. G. Lyzen, Funeral Directors

GRP

23 Feb 1926

23 Feb

1926

Transcriber: Evelyn Sawyer
Created: 27 November 2004