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Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671–1746 [verification needed]) was a French-Canadian-American pioneer. She is known as "The First Lady of Detroit."
November 4, 2021. (2021-11-04) (aged 82) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. Wayne State University ( BA) Barbara-Rose Collins (née Richardson; April 13, 1939 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and the first black woman from Michigan to be elected to Congress.
Michigan Department of Corrections. The Detroit House of Correction(DeHoCo), opened in 1861, was owned and run by the City of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. This was the first State operated prison for female felons. The state renovated the woman's division into the new Phoenix facility.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
According to the organizing group of the Zoom call, more than $1.5 million was raised from the more than 44,000 participating women. Vice President Kamala Harris waves goodbye as she boards Air ...
Perry McAdow House. / 42.35306°N 83.06556°W / 42.35306; -83.06556. The Perry McAdow House is a Renaissance Revival house located at 4605 Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 [2] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Detroit Women's City Club. / 42.33722°N 83.05278°W / 42.33722; -83.05278. The Women's City Club is a women's club located at 2110 Park Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Park Avenue Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.
Photographer Kevin Bauman has more than enough proof of Detroit's spiraling financial crisis: He has 100 pictures. Bauman's "100 Abandoned Houses" project documents the continued degradation of ...