Lunch & Learn: Sailors, Keepers, Racers, and More: Women on the Great Lakes

Name: Lunch & Learn: Sailors, Keepers, Racers, and More: Women on the Great Lakes
Start: 2025-08-13T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-13T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 260 Dyckman Ave, South Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49090

Schedule

Wed Aug 13 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

260 Dyckman Ave, South Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49090 | South Haven, MI

Lecture Series is proudly sponsored by the Nielsen-Wells Grand Fund and Mike & Susan Smith
The Great Lakes have a long and fascinating history of women involved in maritime life at every level, from cooks to captains. Join Chicago Maritime Museum curator Madeline Crispell for a survey of the evolving roles women have played on the Great Lakes over centuries. Learn about trailblazers who worked as lighthouse keepers or led female racing teams, but also about everyday women who helped keep life on the Great Lakes afloat.
Madeline Crispell is the curator of the Chicago Maritime Museum. Her exhibitions, walking tours, and public programs across Chicagoland have focused on a range of subjects, from American travel history to the Thorne Miniature Rooms to Chicago’s alleyways.
This lecture is part of our year-long programmatic series Whispers Across the Water that showcases and celebrates the invaluable contributions of minority communities to Great Lakes maritime history and heritage.
Visit our website for more information: https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/lunch-learn-sailors-keepers-racers-and-more-women-on-the-great-lakes/