An Autobiography
By Cookie Lommel
By Penny Blaker Mitchell
By Helen Deiss Irvin
Edited by Eugenia K. Potter
Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
Area Women of Achievement
Kit 1: The contents of this kit include primary source documents that consist of pictures, books, newspaper clippings and photographs. The items in this kit center around Area Women of Achievement from the United States of America. The women that are featured in this kit are also centered around the Kentuckiana area.
Kit 2: The contents of this kit include artifacts that consist of reenactment dolls, photographs, women's sports items, and newspaper articles.
Area Women of Achievement from the United States of America, with an emphasis on women from the Kentuckiana area.
Activist: Spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and television "Bicentennial Reporter." Wife of Indiana Senator Birch Bayh.
Activist: Her and husband, Levi Coffin, helped thousands of fugitive slaves to safety in Newport, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio through the Underground Railroad.
Arts: Daila Messick was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym, Dale Messick. She was the creator of Brenda Starr, Reporter, which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers.
Arts: American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966, she formed her own company Twyla Tharp Dance.
Author: American educator, internationally-known author and one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. Subjects: Ancient Greece, Greek philosophy, and mythology.
Author & Scientist: American physician, research scientist, and author. Hamilton is best known for her work in the field of occupational health and as a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology.
Author: American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular, The Little Colonel series.
Author: Sharp was a United States author, writer, and teacher who was known for creating the Dick and Jane books for beginning readers.
Business: Vera Bradley is an American designer who started a company that designed luggage and handbags. This company is popular all over the world and the brand is worth millions.
Business: An American aviation pioneer and first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She received achievements for her flights and became an author.
Business: Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She was described in the 1940s as "a genius in the art of living."
Business: Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist.
Sports: Dorothy Schroeder, also known as Dottie, was a team member of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. She was known for her position as a shortstop and being a right-handed batter. She played a full twelve seasons with the league and was known for being one of the youngest girls to be a part of the team at just fifteen. Dorothy played for the South Bend Blue Sox and the Fort Wayne Daises.
Sports: Olympic gold medalist in track and field, member of the Olympic Hall of Fame, first African-American athlete to win three medals in track and field, and founder of the Wilma Rudolph Foundation that promotes amateur athletes.
Communications: Television journalist, CBS Sunday Morning host, founder of the weekly magazine series, "Real Life with Jane Pauley" later named "Dateline." Born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1950 and has written an autobiography titled, "Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue."
Communications: Photographed nature and wrote articles for magazines like Recreation and Outing, Novelist, and a movie production company creator. She was a Wabash native and her last residence was in California.
Politics: First Lady, wife to President Benjamin Harrison (1888), women's rights activist, and founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Politics: Suffragette and women's rights activist, created the Art Association of Indianapolis, and chairman of the National Council of Women's standing committee on peace and arbitration.
Religion: Associated with the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé sur-Loir, France, cared for the poor and the sick, established schools in Indiana and Eastern Illinois, founder of Saint Mary of the Woods, and founded orphanages in Vincennes, Indiana.
Religion: Rabbi spiritual leader of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck since 1977, the Director of the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative at the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute, and is active in the arts, civic and interfaith communities of Indianapolis, serves on the Indiana Humanities Council, serves with the Lake Institute of Faith and Giving and the Board of Advisors of IU Indianapolis, serves on the board of the Julian Center, and the first women to serve a Conservative Congregation.
Madison is a senior undergraduate student at Indiana University Southeast pursuing Secondary Education with a concentration in social studies. Madison & her colleagues completed this service learning archival project for the Center for Cultural Resource's Area Women of Achievement webpage.
Kaitlyn Miller is a senior undergraduate student at Indiana University Southeast pursuing Secondary Education with a concentration in social studies. Kaitlyn & her colleagues completed this service learning archival project for the Center for Cultural Resource's Area Women of Achievement webpage.
Courtney is a senior undergraduate student at Indiana University Southeast pursuing Secondary Education with a concentration in social studies & psychology. Courtney & her colleagues completed this service learning archival project for the Center for Cultural Resource's Area Women of Achievement webpage.