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Women Behaving Badly

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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 new crop of revolutionary ladies whose political prowess changed the Hoosier state. At Women Behaving Badly, you’ll virtually meet these and other audacious advocates from the comfort of your … Continue reading "Women Behaving Badly"

$10 – $15
Exploring Women's Suffrage through 50 Historic Treasures

History Happy Hour: The Stuff of Suffrage

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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 your state while you’re stuck at home. Bring your own beverage and join us for a series of informal conversations with some of Indiana’s most … Continue reading "History Happy Hour: The Stuff of Suffrage"

Free

100 Years: Indiana Women’s Right to Vote

The Historic Artcraft Theatre 57 N. Main Street, Franklin, IN, United States

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, we’re hosting Dr. Laura Merrifield Wilson, a University of Indianapolis political science professor, during a free event at The Historic Artcraft that evening. Laura will … Continue reading "100 Years: Indiana Women’s Right to Vote"

Free

Suffragist Celebration Walk

Beech Grove Main Street, Beech Grove, IN, United States

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"

Free

From Amanda to Zerelda featuring Marsha Miller

Vincennes Fortnightly Club 421 N. 6th Street, Vincennes, IN, United States

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"

Free

Motors and Mass Rallies: Expanding the Movement after 1909

Floyd County Library Auditorium 180 W Spring St, New Albany, IN, United States

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"

Free

Storytellers from the Past Presents: Dr. Anita Morgan

Johnson County Museum 135 N. Main St., Franklin, IN, United States

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. Both organizations attracted new women to their cause and each adopted new techniques, including automobile tours, street meetings and mass rallies in order to publicize … Continue reading "Storytellers from the Past Presents: Dr. Anita Morgan"

Melissa Gentry

From Seneca Falls to Seymour and South Bend: Mapping Indiana’s Suffrage History featuring Melissa Gentry

Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science 411 SE Riverside Drive, Evansville, IN, United States

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 colorful individuals and events, her talk incorporates historic photographs, correspondence, diaries, club minutes, oral histories, movies, newspapers, music, and artwork from the collections of Ball … Continue reading "From Seneca Falls to Seymour and South Bend: Mapping Indiana’s Suffrage History featuring Melissa Gentry"

Free

The “Undefeatable” Grace Julian Clark

Levi and Catherine Coffin State Historic Site 201 U.S. 27 North, Fountain City, IN, United States

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 social justice and women’s right and differentiated herself as a political actor rather than reformer. Jackie reveals the ways in which Clarke elevated her statewide … Continue reading "The “Undefeatable” Grace Julian Clark"

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Lighting the Spark: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Wayne County, IN. Part 1

Zoom IN, United States

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 of Wayne County, Indiana’s critical role in the long struggle for women to secure the right to vote. Wayne County’s bold leadership in winning women … Continue reading "Lighting the Spark: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Wayne County, IN. Part 1"

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