Index to Articles on Women, 1840's-Early
1930's,
From Newspapers Found in the Grand Rapids Public Library
"B"
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MAIN ENTRY |
CATEGORY |
N/Y |
TITLE |
SOURCE |
NEWSDATE |
DATE |
YEAR |
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Baars, Miss Annie |
WOMEN |
y |
Secretary of Women's Missionary Society |
GRD |
16 Mar 1891 |
16 Mar |
1891 |
|
Baca, Miss Marie |
WOMEN |
y |
New York society girl aids women and children |
GRH |
8 Mar 1914 |
8 Mar |
1914 |
|
Backus, Mrs. E. C. |
WOMEN |
y |
WCTU-Sixth ward, president |
GREL |
19 Jan 1885 |
19 Jan |
1885 |
|
Bagley, Mrs. |
WOMEN |
y |
Lady Board of Managers -no Sunday opening for fair |
GREL |
6 Sep 1891 |
6 Sep |
1891 |
|
Bahr, Miss Linda P. |
WOMEN |
y |
First Woman Mason County candidate school commissioner |
GRP |
3 Jan 1919 |
3 Jan |
1919 |
|
Bailey, Miss Enid |
WOMEN |
y |
Eleven Nurses of Grand Rapids Return Friday |
GRP |
22 Mar 1919 |
22 Mar |
1919 |
|
Bailey, Miss Enid M. |
WOMEN |
y |
How two Grand Rapids women struck gold-cherry trees |
GRH |
18 Jul 1930 |
18 Jul |
1930 |
|
Bailey, Miss Irene |
WOMEN |
y |
Eleven Nurses of Grand Rapids Return Friday |
GRP |
22 Mar 1919 |
22 Mar |
1919 |
|
Bailey, Mrs. A. Gertrude |
WOMEN |
y |
Mrs. A. Gertrude Bailey to lecture at Unitarian Church |
GRET |
7 Mar 1895 |
7 Mar |
1895 |
|
Bailey, Mrs. Gertrude |
WOMEN |
y |
Mrs. Gertrude Bailey of Chicago to lecture at church |
GRET |
1 Feb 1895 |
1 Feb |
1895 |
|
Bailey, Mrs. Rachael |
WOMEN |
y |
Women in Fraternal Parade |
GREP |
17 Aug 1910 |
17 Aug |
1910 |
|
Bainbridge, Anna |
WOMEN |
y |
Girl's ears pierce, dies of blood poisoning |
GRH |
16 Sep 1912 |
16 Sep |
1912 |
|
Baker, Miss Maude |
WOMEN |
y |
Secretary, Woman's Cycling Club |
GRD |
3 Oct 1895 |
3 Oct |
1895 |
|
Baker, Mrs. |
WOMEN |
y |
Pretty waiter girls in saloon |
GRDE |
19 Feb 1875 |
19 Feb |
1875 |
|
Baker, Mrs. Lareine Helen |
WOMEN |
y |
Spurns the Large Family |
GREP |
14 Apr 1910 |
14 Apr |
1910 |
|
Bald Head Club of America |
WOMEN |
n |
Best husbands bald, according to club members |
GRH |
1 Jul 1914 |
1 Jul |
1914 |
|
Baldwin, Helen |
WOMEN |
y |
Beauty on a bicycle |
GRH |
8 Aug 1892 |
8 Aug |
1892 |
|
Baldwin, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Neecarnis Lodge for girls |
GRH |
26 Mar 1922 |
26 Mar |
1922 |
|
Baldwin, Mrs. Harry T. |
WOMEN |
y |
Women spurn spotlight but influence felt in commission room |
GRH |
12 Oct 1924 |
12 Oct |
1924 |
|
Ball, John |
WOMEN |
y |
Sister of John Ball dies in Lansingburgh, NY |
GREL |
29 May 1891 |
29 May |
1891 |
|
Ball, Miss |
WOMEN |
y |
City librarian visits California |
GREL |
3 Oct 1892 |
3 Oct |
1892 |
|
Ball, Miss Jessie |
WOMEN |
y |
President, U.B.A. Hospital Auxilliary |
GREP |
4 Dec 1893 |
4 Dec |
1893 |
|
Ball, Miss Lucy |
WOMEN |
y |
Equal Franchise Club Song and Essay Contest |
GRH |
5 Apr 1914 |
5 Apr |
1914 |
|
Ball's Corsets |
WOMEN |
n |
Ball's Corsets - Health preserving |
GRE |
17 Feb 1885 |
17 Feb |
1885 |
|
Baltimore, Maryland |
WOMEN |
n |
Belles in Tights |
GRTH |
22 Sep 1891 |
22 Sep |
1891 |
|
Baltimore, Maryland |
WOMEN |
n |
Convicted wife beater, went to whipping post |
GRP |
1 May 1926 |
1 May |
1926 |
|
Bangkok |
WOMEN |
n |
The City of Women |
GREP |
3 Sep 1900 |
3 Sep |
1900 |
|
Banks, Dr. Gertrude |
WOMEN |
y |
Three Michigan women elected as directors |
GREL |
3 Dec 1892 |
3 Dec |
1892 |
|
Banks, Mrs. Rev. H. F. |
WOMEN |
y |
Congregational Pastor has Toothache, So Wife Takes Pulpit |
GRP |
11 Mar 1919 |
11 Mar |
1919 |
|
Barberi, Marla |
WOMEN |
y |
Seven Women recently tried for murder - sentenced to death |
GRD |
4 Aug 1895 |
4 Aug |
1895 |
|
Barker, Cattherine |
WOMEN |
y |
No lack of wooers for riches maiden, Michigan City, Indiana |
GRH |
27 Jun 1914 |
27 Jun |
1914 |
|
Barker, Rev. Mr. |
WOMEN |
y |
Abused by Rev. Mr. Barker |
GRSEP |
6 Jun 1874 |
6 Jun |
1874 |
|
Barnard, Mrs. E. P. |
WOMEN |
y |
Mrs. E. P. Barnard charged with murder of minister's wife |
GREL |
26 Nov 1881 |
26 Nov |
1881 |
|
Barnes, Bertha |
WOMEN |
y |
Daughters of Chicago Millionaires |
GRH |
31 Jan 1892 |
31 Jan |
1892 |
|
Barnes, Mrs. Ray |
WOMEN |
y |
Cascade Hills Silver Pin |
GRH |
15 Jun 1924 |
15 Jun |
1924 |
|
Barrett, Miss Ida M. |
WOMEN |
y |
Holds luncheon for State Nurses Assn board |
GRH |
3 Sep 1912 |
3 Sep |
1912 |
|
Barry County Farm Bureau |
WOMEN |
n |
Renames woman president of farm bureau |
GRH |
31 Oct 1932 |
31 Oct |
1932 |
|
Barry County, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Barry Girls' conference will be in two weeks |
GRP |
1 May 1926 |
1 May |
1926 |
|
Barstow, Miss Helen |
WOMEN |
y |
Grand Rapids Woman Curlers Assn |
GRH |
27 Jul 1924 |
27 Jul |
1924 |
|
Barth, Dr. Louis |
WOMEN |
y |
Alleges criminal assault by Dr. Louis Barth |
GREP |
4 Dec 1893 |
4 Dec |
1893 |
|
Bartlentt, Barbara |
WOMEN |
y |
Barbara Bartlett elected president of Michigan Nurses Assn |
GRH |
27 May 1922 |
27 May |
1922 |
|
Bartlett, Miss Clara |
WOMEN |
y |
Eleven Nurses of Grand Rapids Return Friday |
GRP |
22 Mar 1919 |
22 Mar |
1919 |
|
Bartlett, Mrs. Alice E. |
WOMEN |
y |
Women As Writers: Their Michigan Organization |
GRD |
18 Nov 1894 |
18 Nov |
1894 |
|
Bartlett, Rev. Miss Caroline J. |
WOMEN |
y |
Unitarian preacher, Kalamazoo |
GREL |
22 May 1891 |
22 May |
1891 |
|
Barton, Clara |
WOMEN |
y |
Heroines of Today |
GREL |
21 Jun 1892 |
21 Jun |
1892 |
|
Barton, Clara |
WOMEN |
y |
What One Woman Did, Clara Barton dies. |
GRH |
13 Apr 1912 |
13 Apr |
1912 |
|
Baseball |
WOMEN |
n |
Farce Staged by Girl Team in Game Here |
GHDT |
11 Aug 1922 |
11 Aug |
1922 |
|
Baseball |
WOMEN |
n |
Muskegon baseball stars to play bloomer girls |
GRH |
3 Aug 1922 |
3 Aug |
1922 |
|
Bates, Miss Octavia |
WOMEN |
y |
Worker in Michigan Equal Suffrage Assn |
GRH |
6 May 1894 |
6 May |
1894 |
|
Bates, Mrs. M. E. C. |
WOMEN |
y |
Vice-president of Michigan Woman's Press Assn |
GRD |
7 Jun 1891 |
7 Jun |
1891 |
|
Bates, Mrs. M. E. C. |
WOMEN |
y |
Our Brainy Women - Teacher, journalist |
GRH |
3 Jan 1892 |
3 Jan |
1892 |
|
Bates, Octavia W. |
WOMEN |
y |
Women in colleges by Octavia W. Bates |
GRTH |
15 Oct 1891 |
15 Oct |
1891 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Mrs. Thelma Snyder held on murder charge |
GRP |
10 May 1926 |
10 May |
1926 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
100 girls will dance with Camp Custer Men |
GRH |
27 May 1922 |
27 May |
1922 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
State Club Women Open Annual Meet |
GRP |
18 Feb 1919 |
18 Feb |
1919 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Meeting at Battle Creek in June |
GREL |
20 Apr 1891 |
20 Apr |
1891 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Meeting held at Battle Creek, MI |
GRD |
11 Jun 1891 |
11 Jun |
1891 |
|
Battle Creek, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Elected member of Battle Creek school board |
MDC |
9 Sep 1891 |
9 Sep |
1891 |
|
Bauch, Mrs. Dr. |
WOMEN |
y |
Mrs. Dr. Baugh of Detroit will treat all chronic diseases |
GRDMD |
25 Jul 1880 |
25 Jul |
1880 |
|
Bauer, Christina |
WOMEN |
y |
1897 U.B.A. Hospital graduate here from Mexico |
GRH |
7 Jun 1914 |
7 Jun |
1914 |
|
Bauer, Miss Florence |
WOMEN |
y |
Actress wife will stick to embezzler |
GRH |
1 Dec 1912 |
1 Dec |
1912 |
|
Bauer, Mrs. Edna |
WOMEN |
y |
Holland divorcee being tried for throwing acid at man |
GRP |
10 Sep 1925 |
10 Sep |
1925 |
|
Baur, Mrs. Jacob |
WOMEN |
y |
Woman candidate for congress will meet voters, Chicago, ILL |
GRP |
31 Mar 1926 |
31 Mar |
1926 |
|
Baxter Laundry |
WOMEN |
n |
Pardonable pride, dry cleaned by Baxter Laundry |
GRH |
15 Dec 1912 |
15 Dec |
1912 |
|
Bay City, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Girls mad; strike ofver 3 co-workers discharged |
GRH |
23 Sep 1910 |
23 Sep |
1910 |
|
Bay City, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Three Policewomen are Appointed in Bay City, MI |
GRH |
9 Jan 1914 |
9 Jan |
1914 |
|
Bay City, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Miss Kate McNabb elected school director |
GRH |
4 Aug 1897 |
4 Aug |
1897 |
|
Bay City, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Leading clubwoman dies at Bay City, Michigan |
MDC |
6 Apr 1904 |
6 Apr |
1904 |
|
Bay City, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
White Slavery Investigator-Rooming Conditions Vile |
GRH |
17 Mar 1913 |
17 Mar |
1913 |
|
Bay View, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Michigan Woman's Press Club meeting |
GRH |
24 Jul 1892 |
24 Jul |
1892 |
|
Bayer, Miss |
WOMEN |
y |
Women of the Hour - Surgeon at Bosnia… |
GREL |
2 May 1892 |
2 May |
1892 |
|
Beach, Miss Adelaide |
WOMEN |
y |
Grand Rapids teachers grow old in public work |
GREP |
13 Apr 1907 |
13 Apr |
1907 |
|
Beach, Rev. King D. |
WOMEN |
y |
Will deliver a sermon on the ideal girl |
GRH |
19 Feb 1922 |
19 Feb |
1922 |
|
Bear Lake, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Woman Deputy Marshal of Bear Lake |
GRH |
21 Apr 1912 |
21 Apr |
1912 |
|
Beaudry, Mrs. N. I. of Grand Haven |
WOMEN |
y |
Michigan Women Suffragists 2nd annual convention |
GREL |
7 Oct 1885 |
7 Oct |
1885 |
|
Beaver Island, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Girl Freezes To Save Father - Walks across ice from … |
PEN |
1 Apr 1916 |
1 Apr |
1916 |
|
Bechtel, Mrs. Ophelia A. |
WOMEN |
y |
Plan for honoring mothers who have sons in service |
GRH |
7 Oct 1917 |
7 Oct |
1917 |
|
Bechtel, Mrs. Ophelia A. |
WOMEN |
y |
President of Eva Gray Tent, D.A.R. |
GRH |
7 Oct 1917 |
7 Oct |
1917 |
|
Becker, Mrs. M. G. |
WOMEN |
y |
Treasurer of Montcalm Women's Clubs |
GRH |
2 Jun 1933 |
2 Jun |
1933 |
|
Beebe, Miss Lilly |
WOMEN |
y |
WCTU-Eighth ward, secretary |
GREL |
19 Jan 1885 |
19 Jan |
1885 |
|
Beech Tree Ball Park, Grand Haven |
WOMEN |
n |
Bloomer Girls baseball team vs C. M. Co. team |
GHDT |
27 Jul 1904 |
27 Jul |
1904 |
|
Beech Tree Ball Park, Grand Haven |
WOMEN |
n |
Girls versus men play baseball, Beech Tree Ball Park |
GHDT |
29 Jul 1904 |
29 Jul |
1904 |
|
Begum, Shah Jehan |
WOMEN |
y |
Women of the Hour - Supression of opium in India |
GREL |
2 May 1892 |
2 May |
1892 |
|
Belding, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Boarding houses for female workers at silk factories |
GREP |
13 Mar 1913 |
13 Mar |
1913 |
|
Belding, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Two Women Seek City Office at Belding, Michigan |
GRP |
14 Mar 1919 |
14 Mar |
1919 |
|
Belding, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Woman editor dead, Belding, Michigan |
GRH |
13 Jul 1912 |
13 Jul |
1912 |
|
Belding, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Robbed and murdered to finance wedding |
GRH |
28 Feb 1912 |
28 Feb |
1912 |
|
Belding, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Silk Thread Factories empoly 1,000 women, Belding, MI |
PR |
13 Nov 1901 |
13 Nov |
1901 |
|
Belknap, Capt. Charles L. |
WOMEN |
y |
Pioneer Women of Grand River Valley met real hardships |
GHDT |
28 Dec 1922 |
28 Dec |
1922 |
|
Belknap, Dollie |
WOMEN |
y |
Seven Women recently tried for murder - 13 yr. old |
GRD |
4 Aug 1895 |
4 Aug |
1895 |
|
Bellaire, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Women Run For Village Offices |
GRP |
19 Feb 1919 |
19 Feb |
1919 |
|
Bellevue, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Bellevue is boastful of girl editor, 'Bellevue Gazette' |
GRH |
2 Nov 1924 |
2 Nov |
1924 |
|
Belmont, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Spoke at Belmont, Michigan |
GRSEP |
10 Oct 1874 |
10 Oct |
1874 |
|
Belmont, Mrs. O. H. |
WOMEN |
y |
Ashurst Warned by Suffragists |
GRH |
7 Mar 1914 |
7 Mar |
1914 |
|
Bemis, Mrs. Abi A. |
WOMEN |
y |
Oldest Member of Park Congregational Church dead |
GRH |
20 Jul 1913 |
20 Jul |
1913 |
|
Bender, Miss Josephine |
WOMEN |
y |
Miss Bender reaches semi-finals in golf meet |
GRP |
8 Aug 1928 |
8 Aug |
1928 |
|
Bender, Miss Josephine |
WOMEN |
y |
Y. W. C. A. campaign committee joint chairmen |
GRP |
16 Jan 1926 |
16 Jan |
1926 |
|
Benedict, Miss |
WOMEN |
y |
Ladies and children's dance classes at Armory |
GREL |
15 Sep 1884 |
15 Sep |
1884 |
|
Benedict, Mrs. Helen |
WOMEN |
y |
Children disown mother who had her hair bobbed |
GRP |
20 Apr 1926 |
20 Apr |
1926 |
|
Benefit |
WOMEN |
n |
Woman's Handiwork Exhibit benefits Butterworth & U.B.A. |
GRH |
6 Oct 1896 |
6 Oct |
1896 |
|
Benerowicz, Mrs. Constantia |
WOMEN |
y |
Killed Man to Save Her Honor |
GRH |
21 Jan 1914 |
21 Jan |
1914 |
|
Bennet, Miss Bess |
WOMEN |
y |
G. R. sisters gain fame in photography |
GRH |
9 Aug 1925 |
9 Aug |
1925 |
|
Bennet, Miss Vera |
WOMEN |
y |
G. R. sisters gain fame in photography |
GRH |
9 Aug 1925 |
9 Aug |
1925 |
|
Bennett, Miss Gertrude |
WOMEN |
y |
Girl leads war on wolves in upper peninsula |
GRP |
24 Dec 1925 |
24 Dec |
1925 |
|
Benson, Miss Edith |
WOMEN |
y |
Appointed agent of Lake Shore Rd. at Charlestown, MI |
GRTH |
15 Aug 1891 |
15 Aug |
1891 |
|
Benson, Mrs. H. |
WOMEN |
y |
Woman of 70 - dresses are all right |
GRP |
16 Aug 1928 |
16 Aug |
1928 |
|
Benson, Mrs. H. |
WOMEN |
y |
Would removed safeguards to working hours for women |
GRP |
6 Feb 1926 |
6 Feb |
1926 |
|
Benton Harbon, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Benton Harbor High School-women be allowed rights of men |
GRD |
30 Jan 1894 |
30 Jan |
1894 |
|
Benton Harbor, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
John V. Farwell overall factory employs 100 women |
GHDT |
7 May 1900 |
7 May |
1900 |
|
Benzie County, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
To Succeed Husband as Benzie Sheriff |
GRP |
4 Nov 1920 |
4 Nov |
1920 |
|
Benzie County, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Benzie Woman Jury Convicts Brothers for Beating |
GRP |
31 Mar 1919 |
31 Mar |
1919 |
|
Benzie County, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Elected Sheriff of Benzie County, Michigan |
GRP |
4 Nov 1920 |
4 Nov |
1920 |
|
Bergsma, Miss Rena |
WOMEN |
y |
Nurses appear in new uniform capes |
GRP |
27 Mar 1926 |
27 Mar |
1926 |
|
Bergsma, Obbie |
WOMEN |
y |
Obbie Bergsma's barber shop - won't bob women's hair |
GRP |
2 Oct 1928 |
2 Oct |
1928 |
|
Berkey, Mrs. Julius |
WOMEN |
y |
Delegates chosen for state convention |
GRE |
2 May 1879 |
2 May |
1879 |
|
Berkey's Block |
WOMEN |
n |
Woman's Suffrage Assn meeting - Berkey's Block |
GREL |
10 Jul 1884 |
10 Jul |
1884 |
|
Berlin, Germany |
WOMEN |
n |
Women escape severe penalties |
GRH |
31 May 1914 |
31 May |
1914 |
|
Berlin, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Funeral of murdered woman held at Berlin Methodist |
GHET |
11 Jul 1895 |
11 Jul |
1895 |
|
Bernard, Auguste |
WOMEN |
y |
Woman's Skirts Fatal to Airman |
GRH |
6 Jun 1913 |
6 Jun |
1913 |
|
Berrien County, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Prohibits women using sewing machines |
DDA |
16 Mar 1861 |
16 Mar |
1861 |
|
Bertrand, Mme. Alice |
WOMEN |
y |
World vice-president of Y. W. C. A. |
GRP |
8 May 1926 |
8 May |
1926 |
|
Best, Mrs. A. Starr |
WOMEN |
y |
Says It's Foolish to Censor a Play |
GRH |
20 May 1913 |
20 May |
1913 |
|
Best, Mrs. Mary |
WOMEN |
y |
Local President of Women's Benefit Assn |
GRH |
8 Jun 1924 |
8 Jun |
1924 |
|
Beukema, Mrs. J. A. |
WOMEN |
y |
Cascade Hills Silver Pin |
GRH |
15 Jun 1924 |
15 Jun |
1924 |
|
Beulah, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Beulah men want to succeed woman sheriff |
GRP |
1 Aug 1922 |
1 Aug |
1922 |
|
Bible Science Class |
WOMEN |
n |
Reading by Dr. C. H. Maxim - Adam, Eve, the Devil |
GRSEP |
17 May 1879 |
17 May |
1879 |
|
Bidgood, Mrs. Emily |
WOMEN |
y |
Treasurer-Business and Profession Women's Club |
GHDT |
7 May 1924 |
7 May |
1924 |
|
Bierwagen, Miss Della |
WOMEN |
y |
Nurses appear in new uniform capes |
GRP |
27 Mar 1926 |
27 Mar |
1926 |
|
Big Rapids Woman's Suffrage |
WOMEN |
n |
Took a straw vote - Theodore Roosevelt most votes |
GRH |
24 Jan 1912 |
24 Jan |
1912 |
|
Big Rapids, MI |
WOMEN |
n |
Miss Dr. H. E. Deane, to practice in Grand Rapids |
GRE |
8 Jun 1882 |
8 Jun |
1882 |
|
Big Rapids, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
9th District Convention held at Big Rapids |
MDC |
25 Sep 1883 |
25 Sep |
1883 |
|
Big Rapids, Michigan |
WOMEN |
n |
Big Rapids senior girls don smocks as school uniform |