Programs spotlighting Women

GREAT Lakes Ladies: Meet some special ladies — Abigail Becker, who rescued more than four sailors off the treacherous Long Point Shoals of Lake Erie; Maebelle Mason, who saved a man from drowning by the Mamajuda Light in the Detroit River when she was fourteen years old; and Harriet Colfax, who “manned” the Michigan City Light for more than 40 years — to name a few!
Lady of the Lake: Travel back to the 1890s when steamships crossed the Great Lakes carrying passengers and cargo. Hear some of the exciting tales from the Lakes when you meet Mrs. Annie Grey -- wife of Captain Patrick Grey. Mrs. Grey will tell you about a daring rescue made by a brave 14 year old girl, the terrible storm that sunk the ship Amelia, and the only Captain to ever race the land and win! These are just some of the exciting stories from the Great Lakes that Mrs. Grey will share with you. Companion book available.
Letters In The Margins: Meet a young Jewish couple as the bride recounts their adventures with the Resistance Movement of WWII to her mother.
Clarissa Marks and Phoebe Farr: Western Reserve Pioneers from the 1800’s.
Meet Margaret Bourke-White: photographer Margaret Bourke-White remembers W.W. II.
You Can't Play Ball In A Skirt!: Alta Weiss put herself through medical school playing professional baseball on a men’s team in the early 1900s! Companion book available. **EVE is looking for information about any Ohio women who played baseball during WW II. Do YOU have any information for us?
What's Her Story? you can't ignore women like Osa Johnson who saved her husband from a charging elephant or Victoria Woodhull who tried to bring a soft touch to the White House.

For more information on Women's History, see The National Women's History Project and The Women Alive! Coalition of Northwest Ohio