Emma Messing Emma Messing was a vaudeville actress, a stenographer, and a pioneering figure in American diplomacy as one of an early… Read More »Emma Messing
Minority- and Women-Owned Auto Dealerships Well into the 20th century, ownership of franchise automobile dealerships was almost exclusively the domain of white males. Indianapolis fit… Read More »Minority- and Women-Owned Auto Dealerships
Catherine Lucille Moore (Jan. 24, 1911-Apr. 4, 1987). With her first published story, Catherine Lucille Moore became an influential author in the genres… Read More »Catherine Lucille Moore
Wilma Lee Gibbs Moore (Mar. 21, 1951-Apr. 18, 2018). Wilma Gibbs Moore, the daughter of William Joseph and Tessie Arlene Gibbs, was born in… Read More »Wilma Lee Gibbs Moore
Dorothy Morlan (May 25, 1882-Oct. 25, 1967). Born in Salem, Ohio, Dorothy Morlan lived most of her adult life in the eastside… Read More »Dorothy Morlan
Lucinda Burbank Morton Born on May 16, 1825 in Centerville, Indiana, Lucinda Maria Burbank Morton spent her early life as the well-educated daughter… Read More »Lucinda Burbank Morton
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 Council of Jewish Women, Indianapolis Founded in 1893, the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is the oldest volunteer Jewish women’s organization in the U.S.… Read More »National Council of Jewish Women, Indianapolis
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
National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 in Washington D.C., to combat discrimination against and to promote… Read More »National Organization for Women
