Beulah Wright Porter Price (Jan. 2, 1869-Nov. 2, 1928). Beulah Wright Porter Price was an educator, physician, and active participant in the African American… Read More »Beulah Wright Porter Price
Roselyn C. Richardson (Aug. 23, 1913-July 8, 2005). African American equal rights activist Roselyn Comer Richardson was born in Roberta, Georgia, in 1913.… Read More »Roselyn C. Richardson
Sigma Gamma Rho African American educators Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae… Read More »Sigma Gamma Rho
Emma Lou Thornbrough (Jan. 24, 1913-Dec. 19, 1994). A life-long civil-rights activist, a professor of history at from 1946 until her retirement in… Read More »Emma Lou Thornbrough
Madam C. J. Walker (Dec. 23, 1867–May 25, 1919). Madam C. J. Walker arrived in Indianapolis in February 1910, attracted by its thriving business… Read More »Madam C. J. Walker
Helen C. Whitelowe (May 16, 1928-Nov.2, 2014). Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James and Elizabeth Maddox Green, Helen Whitelowe attended public schools and… Read More »Helen C. Whitelowe
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 and African Americans In Public Safety Women and African Americans have made contributions to public safety in Indianapolis for well over 100 years, but their service… Read More »Women and African Americans In Public Safety
Women in Politics Throughout its long history, Indianapolis has produced many women who were at the forefront of local, state, and national politics.… Read More »Women in Politics
