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When the 19th Amendment finally passed the Senate, Marie Stuart Edwards, Peru, IN said: "... we rejoice that this has come just now to the women of America at the dawn of this wonderful reconstruction period. Women are to “sit in” at the remaking of the world. I believe women will bring to our body politic an independence of action, a clarity of thought, unhampered by precedents, and an inspired desire to vote for the best interests of human society. We are calling on all women of the state to study, to carry through their plans for educational work along civic and citizenship lines. We are urging them to put loyalty to humanity, loyalty to country and to state above all ideas of party loyalty, since these new voters have yet to participate in party councils.
“I am glad to see this amendment pass. I am anxious to see it ratified. Most of all, am I anxious to see this great new force in action.”
Marie Stuart Edwards, 4 Jun 1919

Sunday, December 20, 2020

A Daughter of Indiana: Ellen Cole Fetter

Ellen Cole Fetter, by Kelly Meadows,

commissioned for the Peru Public Library 

by Miami County IN Worth remembering, 

in honor of this lady's continued generous legacy providing money to buy books for the library to this day. 

As part of the Humanities/OCRA's Preserving Women's Legacy Grant project

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