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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates


Women to Be Left Out of Enumeration
From The Indianapolis News , Wednesday, December 17, 1924:Â Only male voters, both white and colored, will be counted to determine the...
Dec 17, 2024


Married Woman May Be Teacher in Schools Here
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 9, 1924:Â Last night after lengthy discussion, the Indianapolis board of school...
Jul 9, 2024


BLUE TRIANGLE HALL, Y.W.C.A. GIRLS' HOME, BECOMES A REALITY
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, April 20, 1924:Â The Blue Triangle Hall, the new Y.W.C.A. boarding residence for employed girls, will...
Apr 20, 2024


Auto Saleswoman
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 4, 1924: Laura E. Alexander is the only automobile saleswoman in Indianapolis. She is...
Mar 4, 2024


Lady Traffic Cops 'Do Stuff' Midst Crowd and Smart Cracks
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, November 11, 1923:Â Lady traffic cops took to the corner of Meridian and Washington Street yesterday...
Nov 11, 2023


More Housewives in Sugar Boycott
From The Indianapolis Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1923: As sugar prices have soared to 11 and 12 cents a pound retail, women’s clubs and...
May 3, 2023


'Cu Clux' Stirs War Mothers
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1923: Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr, president of the Indiana War Mothers, resigned last...
Mar 27, 2023
Sigma Gamma Rho Founded at Butler College
From Aurora Magazine of Sigma Gamma Rho and Other Sources: Sunday, November 12, 1922: Seven young African American women educators met...
Nov 17, 2022


No More Women to Get on Police Force
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, October 11, 1922: No more women will be appointed to the Indianapolis police department during...
Oct 11, 2022
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...
Jul 20, 2021
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