Madge Augustine Oberholtzer (Nov. 10, 1896 – Apr. 14, 1925). Born in Clay City, Indiana, Madge Augustine Oberholtzer moved to the prominent neighborhood… Read More »Madge Augustine Oberholtzer
Ruth Page (Mar. 22, 1899-Apr. 4, 1991). The daughter of Indianapolis otolaryngologist Lafayette Page and pianist Mary Irvine Page, Ruth Page studied… Read More »Ruth Page
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library Branch Although the was founded in 1873 with an official policy that proclaimed it “open to all,” segregation in the (IPS)… Read More »Paul Laurence Dunbar Library Branch
Yvonne Perkins (Apr. 14, 1950 – Nov. 10, 2016). Yvonne Perkins was born to Leander O. Perkins and Naomi Coleman Perkins in… Read More »Yvonne Perkins
Betty Perry (Aug 8,1948 -Feb. 11, 2022). Perry was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Betty Jo-Ann Montgomery. She was the oldest… Read More »Betty Perry
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA The established a branch in Indianapolis in 1895, but African Americans could not attend or belong. Minnie Whitaker sought to… Read More »Phyllis Wheatley YWCA
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky traces its roots to the early 1930s when Birth Control Leagues opened across the… Read More »Planned Parenthood
The Portfolio Club The Portfolio is one of Indianapolis’s oldest, continuously active social clubs. It was organized in 1890 at the suggestion of… Read More »The Portfolio Club
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
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
