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Bold Women in Michigan History
By Birgina Law Burns
Read 4/20/08
This is a collection of 13 short stories detailing famous women in Michigan History. Starting with Marie-Therese Cadillac, wife of the founder of Detroit to a present day labor crusader. This is a book I have been reading off and on since last summer.
Two stories that stick in my mind are of Grace Eldering and Pear Kendrick who worked in the state lab in Grand Rapids and were the first to come up with a sucessful vaccine for whooping cough. http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19271_19357-137301--,00.html
We take some of these childhood diseases for granted now and forget that not long ago they were devastating to families.
The other was about Genevieve Gillette who was instrumental in establishing the Michigan State Park system. Since one of my great loves (and my other blog) is to go camping, I especially appreciate her contribution to Michigan
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