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The institutions established for educating women in Indianapolis over the years mirror these changes. Sarah Parke Morrison in the front row, fourth from left, was the first woman to become a student at Indiana University in 1867. The remaining women pictured became students in 1868. Credit: Indiana University Archives View Source.
Feb 2, 2013 · Originally named the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls, it was located just east of downtown (on Randolph St., between Michigan and New York) and housed both juvenile (ages 10 to 18) and adult offenders.
This collection contains 21 black and white photographs of the 1964 Indiana Girls' School riot. Also included are two high school Freshman English papers written by Lucile Nordyke in 1920: "Leonard Wood, Presidential Candidate" and "Society Life in Early Indiana".
The Crispus Attucks Museum opened at Crispus Attucks Middle School in 1998. The founding curator, Gilbert Taylor, spent eight years developing it. Attucks, which opened in 1927, was historically significant as the first segregated high school in Indianapolis.
Feb 4, 2019 · Laura Harvey lectures a class in German at Marshall High School in 1967. The $6.2 million school which opened in the spring of 1967 was named after John Marshall, second chief justice of the U.S ...
Jun 30, 2016 · Today, after decades of departures by middle class families who’ve flocked to the suburbs, the percentage of segregated elementary schools in IPS is now up to 20 percent — five times more than...
This guide describes manuscript and visual collections in the William H. Smith Memorial Library of the Indiana Historical Society that document experiences of women in Indiana, the Midwest and the Old Northwest Territory.
