Using Delaware County Records Search
Women Behaving Badly: Political Prowess–March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020
Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 232-1882
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Indiana’s history is full of renegade ladies who were bold, gutsy, and fascinating. We’re back again to raise a glass to a new crop of revolutionary ladies whose political prowess changed the Hoosier state, including:
- The hatchet-wielding activist who called for Indiana’s first women’s rights convention
- The local lawyer who won litigation that allowed all women to join the bar
- The suffragists who showed their displeasure at their male adversaries by staging a melodrama
At Women Behaving Badly, you’ll weave your way through the History center to meet these and other audacious advocates while enjoying themed snacks and local libations.
$22 | $18 | $25 Day of. Tickets include light refreshments and one drink ticket. Additional drinks available for purchase.
Photo: A Woman Behaving Badly (and “Goodly”): First Lady Lou Henry Hoover. She earned a BA in geology at Stanford, she translated a 1565 metallurgy work from Latin, she traveled the world, supported Girl Scouts and spoke Mandarin. (US Archives)
Pioneer Cemetery Preservation
The Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee is a group of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Delaware County’s abandoned, lost, and forgotten cemeteries in which many of our ancestors and pioneer families lie buried.
The group is non-funded, working solely from donations. They are happy to teach anyone who is interested in the best ways of cleaning and repairing the beautiful old markers of our pioneer forefathers.
The Cemetery Committee conducts a business meeting on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM at the Delaware County Historical Society, 120 East Washington St., Muncie, IN 47305. The Committee also schedules workdays on most Saturday mornings. Anyone interested in learning more about the committee may email to: DCHSPCPC@gmail.com (Bob Good) for more information. Please check in advance before going to a meeting to ensure that it is still on for that day.
Making the Modern Kitchen
October 5 2019 - Feb 16 2020
Hoosier Innovation
Making the Modern Kitchen
Following East Central Indiana’s gas boom, the Hoosier cabinet, an innovative free-standing piece of kitchen furniture, emerged as one of the most iconic products of the region’s booming industry. Created around 1900, the Hoosier not only revolutionized the home kitchen, but also left its mark on the region, state, and nation for decades to come. Hoosier Innovation considers the story of this influential product and the companies that made it. Take a walk through the gas boom and into daily factory life. Explore the effects of regional industry and the modernization of the American kitchen. Peer in on a slice of history and experience the stories of the men and women caught up in its wake.