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North Webster Will Be Part Of Statewide Tour Called ‘Water/Ways’

Jan 12, 2021

Press Release Updated: Jan 12, 2021 @ 3:43 PM

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North Webster Community Public Library, in partnership with The Watershed Foundation, has been selected by Indiana Humanities to host a Smithsonian-curated traveling exhibit called “Water/Ways” as part of the “Museum on Main Street” program, which brings exhibitions and programs to rural communities.The exhibition, which dives into water — an essential component of life on planet, environmentally, culturally, and historically — will be on display at the library in North Webster from June 26 to Aug. 8.

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‘Girls Rock’ At The Library During Suffrage Week

Aug 27, 2020

Deb Patterson Updated: Aug 21, 2020 @ 12:55 PM

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To celebrate the centennial anniversary of Congress ratifying the right of women to vote, many programs have and will take place in Syracuse jointly sponsored by Chautauqua-Wawasee, the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum, Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber and Indiana Humanities. To bring children into the fold, the Syracuse Public Library will host a special children’s program from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.

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Mapping Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement At Oakwood Resort

Aug 25, 2020

Deb Patterson Updated: Aug 25, 2020 @ 2:13 PM

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The women’s suffrage movement spanned decades. In 1911, the Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana was formed and became the propelling force for the right to vote. Women from all walks of life participated in the many marches, campaigns and demonstrations that finally resulted in the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.

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Helen Gougar: Lawyer, Reformer And Women’s Rights Advocate

Aug 24, 2020

Deb Patterson Updated: Aug 21, 2020 @ 1:03 PM

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Helen Mar Jackson Gougar (1843-1907) was an advocate for women’s suffrage as a lawyer, writer and lecturer.

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The Convention At Seneca Falls And The Beginning Of The Suffrage Movement

Aug 23, 2020

Deb Patterson Updated: Aug 21, 2020 @ 1:01 PM

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The power and the enticement of the right to vote brought over three hundred men and women to the tiny hamlet of Seneca Falls, N.Y., in the summer of 1848 to attend the first women’s rights convention organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who had met at the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention in London. These women realized early that to achieve reform, women needed to win the right to vote.

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TVSC Awarded Funds To Host Frankenstein Community Read

Apr 17, 2018

Press Release Updated: Apr 17, 2018 @ 3:35 PM

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AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation has been awarded a Community Read grant of $1,000 from Indiana Humanities to participate in a statewide read of the classic novel “Frankenstein.” More than 60 other communities will be reading the book as part of a program called One State / … Read More

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Third Graders In Kosciusko County Receive Free Books

Apr 05, 2017

Press Release Updated: Apr 5, 2017 @ 1:37 PM

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KOSCIUSKO — With funding from The Dekko Foundation and Indiana Humanities, Kosciusko Literacy Services is offering a read-alike book to each third grader in Kosciusko County. While adults and teens may read A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway as a part of Plant the Seed, Read! Community … Read More

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Trek Around Lake Ties In Literature, Nature And Bicentennial

Jun 15, 2016

Sarah Wright Updated: Jun 15, 2016 @ 3:45 PM

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SYRACUSE — While the weather at first threatened a soaking walk, the slight drizzle lessened and eventually ceased as about 25 walkers set off on the Next Indiana Campfires walk Thursday, June 9, along the Syracuse Lake portion of the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail. The goal? To connect nature, literature and Indiana’s bicentennial.

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Next Indiana Campfires Event To Connect Literature, Nature And Bicentennial In Syracuse

May 10, 2016

Press Release Updated: May 10, 2016 @ 10:40 AM

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SYRACUSE — Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation and Indiana Humanities are hosting a Next Indiana Campfires sunset walk around Syracuse Lake from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 9. The outing is part of “Next Indiana Campfires,” Indiana Humanities’ new series that pairs literature and nature to help Hoosiers explore Indiana’s wild … Read More

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