Mary Stewart Carey (Mar. 5, 1859-June 14, 1938). Born in Greensburg, Indiana, Mary Stewart Carey and her family moved to Indianapolis in 1862, where her father, Daniel Stewart, founded the Stewart Glass Company.… Read More »Mary Stewart Carey
Mildred Sartor Compton (July 18, 1917-Aug. 8, 1993). Born in Bicknell, Indiana, Mildred Compton earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry at the University of Michigan and Tulane University. From 1940 to 1946,… Read More »Mildred Sartor Compton
Grace Blaisdell Golden (June 14, 1899-Jan. 11, 1966). The daughter of Charles C. and Hattie Mabrey Blaisdell, Grace Blaisdell Golden was born in Indianapolis. She married Byron Maxwell Golden in 1922. The couple… Read More »Grace Blaisdell Golden
Lillian Haydon Childress Hall (Feb. 24, 1889–Apr. 23, 1958). Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to George and Elizabeth Wintersmith Haydon, Lillian Childress Hall became Indiana’s first African American to receive an education in library science.… Read More »Lillian Haydon Childress Hall
Harrison Center The Harrison Center is a nonprofit community arts center, cultural promoter, and neighborhood activist organization located in the historic Old Northside. Under the aegis of executive director Joanna Taft since… Read More »Harrison Center
Indianapolis Public Library The best-known early efforts to foster reading and libraries in Indianapolis were the Union Sabbath School founded in 1823; the Marion County Library, a subscription library established in 1844 under… Read More »Indianapolis Public Library
Indianapolis Woman’s Club The Indianapolis Woman’s Club (IWC) was founded on February 18, 1875, making it one of the oldest and longest-running clubs of its kind in the country. Its purpose was, and… Read More »Indianapolis Woman’s Club
Pauline (Polly) Jontz Lennon (Oct. 26, 1928-Aug. 25, 2015). Pauline Jontz Lennon (née Prather) was born on October 26, 1928, in Ohio. She spent her childhood in Indianapolis and graduated from Shortridge High School.… Read More »Pauline (Polly) Jontz Lennon
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library Branch Although the Indianapolis Public Library was founded in 1873 with an official policy that proclaimed it “open to all,” segregation in the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) and de facto neighborhood… Read More »Paul Laurence Dunbar Library Branch
Propylaeum The term Propylaeum refers to two buildings and an organization. A committee of seven women met on April 30, 1888, to find a suitable home for the Indianapolis Woman’s Club.… Read More »Propylaeum
