Marching for women's suffrage, New York City, Oct. 1915 • George Grantham Bain Coll. (Library of Congress)

Welcome to the web home of the Benzie Area Women's History Project. This group, based in Benzie County, Michigan, is comprised of area women dedicated to educating ourselves and others about the women of our past, women whose voices are not always heard.

For the last 28 years we've presented an annual event, usually held in March, celebrating women's history.

Our theme for this year was Which Way Home: Perspectives on Immigration, and, instead of one event, we had two! You can read a little bit about it on the women's history day 2010 page. There are pictures from this year's Mills Community House event on our photos page, where there's also a link to some photos from past events.

We also fund a yearly scholarship for a non-traditional female student at Northwestern Michigan College. This year's recipient is Nancy Stoessel of Traverse City, who is in the nursing program.

http://www.bawhp.org
last update June 10, 2010