CabinFever Lecture Series: Women Suffrage Leaders, McKenney Doll Collection

1005 Van Hoosen Road,Rochester Hills MI 48306

03 March, 2023

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On Friday evenings in March, we provide a variety of programs that will educate your mind and warm your hearts. All programs begin at 7pm and are held in our Calf Barn. Woman Suffrage Leaders featuring the Gladys McKenney Doll Collection Presented by Michele Dunham and Ginger Ketelsen, Local Retired Teachers & Museum Advocates Celebrate Women’s History Month with a dialogue between woman suffrage leaders as they confront the right for women to vote. This program features the dolls created by Gladys McKenney, a member of the Community Hall of Fame at the Museum, presented by Michele Dunham and Ginger Ketelsen. Michele Dunham was a very proud Rochester Community Schools teacher for 31 years spending her last 18 years with third grade students, teaching local history and attending the Stony Creek Schoolhouse. She continued learning about and sharing her love of local history while working at the Rochester Hills Museum for 12 years. Ginger Ketelsen is a retired Rochester Community Schools educator and a long time member and volunteer at the RHM. She has been active in the community with historical and environmental projects and events including the early furnishing and curriculum development at the Stoney Creek Schoolhouse and the development of the Rochester Heritage Festival. Cabin Fever Lecture Series: Friday, March 3, 2023 Woman Suffrage Leaders featuring the Gladys McKenney Doll Collection Presented by Ginger Ketelsen and Michele Dunham, Local Retired Teachers & Museum Advocates Friday, March 10, 2023 Archaeology at Van Hoosen Farm Presented by Deborah Remer Friday, March 17, 2023 The Social and Fraternal Organizations in Rochester Presented by Maureen Thalmann, Local Historian Friday, March 24, 2023 Smallpox Vaccine at Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Farm in Rochester Presented by Don Callihan, retiree and was Director of Engineering at the Parke-Davis facility in Rochester, Michigan Friday, March 31, 2023 One Room Schoolhouses of Rochester Presented by Cathy Fitzpatrick, Program Coordinator at the Rochester Hills Museum