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Etta Smith Wilson Way

Etta Smith Wilson Way

42.961856, -85.663980, MI

Tucked in the alley beside the Grand Rapids Museum High School, this mural celebrates Etta Smith Wilson (1857-1936) – Grand Rapids’ first female reporter and a pioneering naturalist whose work connected Indigenous knowledge, early journalism and formal education. This mural is part of Women’s Way, an initiative that celebrates local women leaders in Downtown Grand Rapids