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Marjorie Main

(Feb. 24, 1890–Apr. 10, 1975). Born near , Indiana, Marjorie Main was a film and stage actress with over 80… Read More »Marjorie Main

Mary Hortense Powner Myers

Mary Hortense Powner Myers

(July 15, 1913-June 25, 1987). An Indianapolis native, Hortense Myers graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1932, going by… Read More »Mary Hortense Powner Myers

National League of American Pen Women

Grace Porterfield Polk founded the organization as the Indiana Branch of National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) in 1923.… Read More »National League of American Pen Women

Margaret Moore Post

Margaret Moore Post

(Aug. 16, 1909-Oct. 31, 1987). Born Margaret Stephenson in Plainfield, Indiana, Post earned her first byline in the Plainfield High… Read More »Margaret Moore Post

Kate Milner Rabb

Kate Milner Rabb

(Aug. 9, 1866-July 3, 1937). Born in Rockport, Indiana, Kate Milner attended Rockport High School and received a B.A. and… Read More »Kate Milner Rabb

Saturday Evening Post

Saturday Evening Post

Benjamin Franklin started the Saturday Evening Post in Philadelphia in 1724. It began as a weekly broadsheet newspaper that published… Read More »Saturday Evening Post

Cory SerVaas

(June 21, 1924-Mar. 6, 2020). Physician, health educator, inventor, television personality, and journalist, Cory SerVaas was born in Pella, Iowa.… Read More »Cory SerVaas

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