Mar 30, 2017 | Highlights in History
Berta Jones – Woman Playwright By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’d like to finish up Women’s History Month with the story of another creative woman from Hamilton County – Berta Jones. She was born Alberta Haworth on February 21, 1877 to Albert...
Mar 23, 2017 | Highlights in History
Women’s baseball in Hamilton County By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s the time of year to start talking about baseball and, since it happens to still be Women’s History Month, I thought I would look at early women’s baseball in the county. ...
Mar 17, 2017 | Highlights in History
Leota Fodrea By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian A few weeks ago, I did a post about the Noblesville playwright John Wise and the productions of his plays. I mentioned that one of the reasons for the initial success of the plays was the woman who played the...
Mar 8, 2017 | Highlights in History
Women Running the Railroad: Station Agents By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian There has been a lot of local discussion of railroads lately and, since this is Women’s History Month I thought I might show how the railroads offered nineteenth century women...
Mar 2, 2017 | Highlights in History
Beatrice O’Niel and “The Future” By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Thanks to La Vella Hyter and Bryan Glover for bringing this to my attention. As a follow up to last week’s community leader, Olivia Roper, I thought I would look at another notable African...
Feb 23, 2017 | Highlights in History
Olivia Roper – Community Leader By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Although the community leaders that are covered in these posts about African American history tend to be male, there were women who were also prominent and had an impact. One of these...
