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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

Jul 19, 2021

Woman Wields City Court Gavel First Time in History

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 20, 1921: For the first time in the history of City Court, a woman sat as judge yesterday...

Feb 17, 2021

12 Negro Women Sit in Jury Box in Damage Suit

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 17, 1921: For the first time in the legal history of Indianapolis, and possibly the...

Jan 12, 2021

Woman Heads School Board

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, January 12, 1921: Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewiler has the distinction of being the first woman to...

Oct 20, 2020

Woman's Bank Unique in U.S.

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, October 21, 1920: With the opening this week of the woman’s bank department of the Fletcher...

Oct 5, 2020

168,741 Voters are Qualified

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 6, 1920: A total of 168,741 Marion County citizens have registered and are entitled to...

Sep 2, 2020

Want to Vote? Register, Two Opportunities

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 3, 1920: To vote in the November election it is absolutely necessary that you take one of...

Aug 26, 2020

County to Teach Women How Vote Machinery Works

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 19, 1920: Yesterday’s vote in Tennessee ratifying the Federal suffrage amendment guarantees...

May 20, 2020

Real Estate Board in Quandary as to Admitting Women Members

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, May 21, 1920: The Indianapolis Real Estate board is in a quandary over admitting women. Alta...

Apr 2, 2020

Jail Reforms Demanded by Women of City

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, April 3, 1920: Reports of graft, cruelty and incompetency in the management of the Marion County...

Mar 18, 2020

League of Women Voters Incorporates

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, February 27, 1920: The Women’s Franchise League of Indiana has filed articles of incorporation with...