Many years ago the Michigan Women’s Studies Association created a theme trail recognizing distinguished Michigan women, many of them Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Honorees. This trail consists of signs located across the state that share information about each of the women. We have not been able to check on these signs in a while and we have been contacted to let us know that a couple of them are missing or in a bad state of repair.
If you live near any of these trail markers or as you travel the state this summer, we are asking for help assessing the condition of these signs. Below you will find a list of signs and locations, please contact us to share what you discover (if you can send us a picture, that would be even better!). Please contact 517-763-2397 or info@michiganwomen to report on a sign’s condition.
Anna Howard Shaw, Big Rapids Public Library, 428 S. Michigan (Corner of Michigan and Oak), Big Rapids
Marguerite Lofft De Angeli, Marguerite Lofft de Angeli Library, 921 W. Nespessing St., Lapeer
Mary Chase Perry Stratton. Pewabic Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson, Detroit
Laura Smith Haviland, Route M-52 in front of Adrian City Hall was adjacent to the statue of Laura Smith Haviland
Sojourner Truth, 45 W. Michigan Mall, Battle Creek
Ella Wing Sharp, Ella Sharp Museum, 3225 Fourth St., Jackson
Harriette Simpson Arnow, Kern Playground, Seven Mile and Mt. Elliott St., Detroit
Madeline La Framboise, St. Anne’s Church Yard, Mackinac Island
Voltairine de Cleyre, 204 S. Lansing St., St. Johns
Mary Anne Mayo, Michigan State Grange HQ, 1730 Chamberlain, Haslett
Bertha Van Hoosen, Rochester Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Dr., Rochester Hills
Caroline Bartlett Crane, Caroline Bartlett Crane Memorial Gardens, Peoples Church of Kalamazoo, 1758 N. 10th St, Kalamazoo
Martha Longstreet, Saginaw County Historical Society Museum, 500 Federal, Saginaw
Annie Clemenc “Big Annie,” (Plans to replace) Italian Hall Site, 7th St., Calumet
Rose (Rosa) Hartwick Thorpe, Rose Hartwick Thorpe Park, Downtown Litchfield
Dora Hall Stockman, (Replaced 2012) Michigan State University
Genevieve Gillette, Gillette Nature Center, P.J. Hoffmaster State Park, between Grand Haven and Muskegon
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy St, Kalamazoo