Space is limited. Reserve your spot at https://indianahistory.org/events/women-behaving-badly-political-prowess/. Indiana’s history is full of renegade ladies who were bold, gutsy, and fascinating. We’re back again to raise a glass to a … Continue reading "Women Behaving Badly"
Free. Space is limited to first 300 registrants. Reserve your space at https://indianahistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-the-stuff-of-suffrage/. Registration for this event will close two hours before the program. Stay connected with the stories of … Continue reading "History Happy Hour: The Stuff of Suffrage"
Celebrate Indiana’s Suffrage Centennial at The Historic Artcraft! Did you know August 26, 2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of Hoosier women’s right to vote? In honor of this important milestone, … Continue reading "100 Years: Indiana Women’s Right to Vote"
Join us as the women of Beech Grove and the Samuel Bryan Chapter, NSDAR commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment to our Constitution. Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.* Participating women will gather at the west end of Main Street. At 10:30 a.m., women will begin walking … Continue reading "Suffragist Celebration Walk"
A chronological look at Indiana suffrage history, including Amanda Way, Grace Julian Clark, Mary Garrett Hay, Helen Gougar, Zerelda Wallace, May Wright Sewall. Special focus on Ida Husted Harper (Terre Haute journalist, collaborator with Susan B. Anthony, writing volumes of the “History of Woman Suffrage”), and Eugene and Kate Debs. This presentation will also cover … Continue reading "From Amanda to Zerelda featuring Marsha Miller"
Dr. Anita Morgan will present “Motors and Mass Rallies: Expanding the Movement after 1909” and explore Hoosier activists’ efforts to publicize women’s right to vote with automobile tours, street meetings and large demonstrations and their understanding that adding new groups of marginalized people (like African-American men and women) and more public events could convince reluctant … Continue reading "Motors and Mass Rallies: Expanding the Movement after 1909"
The creation of two major women’s suffrage organizations, the Woman’s Franchise League and the Equal Suffrage Association, stands as the most significant twentieth-century event in the Indiana women’s suffrage movement. … Continue reading "Storytellers from the Past Presents: Dr. Anita Morgan"
Ms. Gentry's multimedia story-maps depict some of the people and places connected to the history of women’s suffrage. Complete with ups, downs, sometimes dramatic and “less than ladylike” but always … Continue reading "From Seneca Falls to Seymour and South Bend: Mapping Indiana’s Suffrage History featuring Melissa Gentry"
Hear from Jackie Swihart of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs as she speaks on the impact of suffragist Grace Julian Clark. Clarke was a life-long advocate for … Continue reading "The “Undefeatable” Grace Julian Clark"
Delve into the history of the women’s suffrage movement in Indiana by attending this 2-part virtual celebration. Join Wayne County Women's Suffrage Centennial Task Force for a virtual celebration … Continue reading "Lighting the Spark: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Wayne County, IN. Part 1"
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