Dutch The Dutch community in Indianapolis, a mixed lot culturally and religiously, never totaled more than 500 persons. The first Dutch… Read More »Dutch
Early Art Schools of Central Indiana Traveling portrait painters may have been the earliest artists in Indianapolis. Portraiture was the only way to maintain the memory… Read More »Early Art Schools of Central Indiana
Early Childhood Education Early childhood education programs provide children between ages zero and eight (Infancy through 3rd grade) with planned experiences that encourage… Read More »Early Childhood Education
English Though the English were among the earliest immigrants to arrive in Indianapolis, they never formed a very large proportion of… Read More »English
Equal Rights Amendment U.S. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana in 1972 introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Congress. Both Indiana Democrats and… Read More »Equal Rights Amendment
Eugenics In 1907 Indiana Governor Frank Hanly signed the Indiana Sterilization Law, which is widely considered the first eugenics sterilization legislation… Read More »Eugenics
Expositions and Conventions Northern states held various fairs and expositions during and after the Civil War. Part of a larger phenomenon, such national… Read More »Expositions and Conventions
Feminist Movement (1960-1985) In the years since ratification of the 19th Amendment, no period saw more discussion of the status of women than… Read More »Feminist Movement (1960-1985)
Festivals Like most large cities, Indianapolis has a sizeable number of annual festivals focused on the arts and culture, food, sports,… Read More »Festivals
Filipinos Although Filipinos were considered U.S. nationals following the annexation of the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-Amerian War of 1898, the… Read More »Filipinos