Toni Palermo was born and grew up in Forest Park, Illinois. When she was ten, her P.E. teacher encouraged her to try out for a professional softball league in Chicago. She played for a farm team until she turned fourteen when she joined the…

Fay Orvis was a soldier during World War II in the United States Navy. He worked as a minesweeper during his time in the service and spent time in Okinawa and Saipan. His account describes different duties performed on the minesweeper and onshore…

Cornelia Ooms was a nurse in the U.S. Army during World War II. She was stationed in Italy and worked in the field hospitals with French, North African, British and American soldiers. She hurt her back in Italy and had to return back home to the…

Dorothy Paton stands in the doorframe of The Old School House in Saugatuck. She is wearing a pink dress and there is snow covering the front yard.

Black and white photograph of a group of eight women in a rowboat. Each has a long oar. In the boat next to them are several men.

Flyer describing three film showings of Miss Representation, a film that explores media representation of women.

Annie Meyer grew up on a farm in Minnesota during the Depression. In her interview, she describes farm life during the Depression and during the first part of World War II. She also describes attending nursing school during the war and working at a…

Mary Alice Martin was born in Grand Rapids in 1897. She returned home from Vassar College during WWI to farm.

Beatrice McLogan was a World War II veteran who served in the Navy WAVES from 1944 to 1945. In this account, McLogan discusses her family life, her enlistment and training, and her work in the code office in Washington D.C.

Veronica Jungbaecker was born on August 1, 1883 in Grand Rapids. Her father, John Jungbaecker, was the building contractor for the Voigt House. She married Ford McLachlan in 1920. She worked at the Robert Irwin Furniture Company as a…

Evangeline Maurits was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Newspaper article inviting students to join in GVSU's first celebration of the social justice centers including the Center for Women and Gender Equity, the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Campus Interfaith…