WNDE On November 4, 1924, Clem Portman, John Tribby, Hobart Ashlock, and Frank Sharp introduced WFBM radio to Indianapolis listeners. Operating… Read More »WNDE
WOH began WOH—Indianapolis’ second radio station—on March 29, 1922. Sponsored by the Hatfield Electronics Company, local dealers in radios and radio… Read More »WOH
Woman’s Department Club along with 10 other women organized the Woman’s Department Club in 1912 (established January 22, 1912, organized February 29, 1912,… Read More »Woman’s Department Club
Woman’s Improvement Club Middle-class women in Progressive Era America (1890s to the 1920s) took active roles in reform initiatives to address society’s ills.… Read More »Woman’s Improvement Club
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Women founded the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1874 in Hillsboro, Ohio, with the initial purpose to promote abstinence… Read More »Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Women’s Voluntary Organizations Women have founded and volunteered for a wide range of recreational, educational, and charitable activities throughout Indiana history. Women’s benevolence… Read More »Women’s Voluntary Organizations
Women4Change Women4Change (W4C) is a nonpartisan, grassroots, collaborative organization whose mission is to equip and mobilize women to engage effectively in… Read More »Women4Change
Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company In the mid-1860s, J. R. Osgood and S. F. Smith established a business producing wagon and carriage materials on South… Read More »Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company
Woollen, Molzan and Partners , a native of Indianapolis whose family settled in the area in the 1840s, received both his B.A. and M.A.… Read More »Woollen, Molzan and Partners
Workingmen’s Party One of several labor movements that emerged during the industrialization of the late 19th century, Indiana’s Workingmen’s Party organized its… Read More »Workingmen’s Party
