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Last updated on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana history is full of fascinating women who were bold and audacious. For one night only, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) brings to life four of their stories with the program, “History in Four Bites: Women Behaving Badly.”
The program celebrates Women's History Month by taking participants through a series of vignettes, each introducing guests to a renegade lady who bucked tradition and was present during a key moment in Indiana history. At each stop, participants will enjoy themed snacks relating to an event or time period.
Guests will meet actors portraying each of the four gutsy ladies from Indiana's past. There's Flossie Bailey, champion of civil rights, and Elizabeth English Pennington, wife of an Indiana Founding Father who persuaded her husband to include free education in the state's 1816 Constitution.
Other characters include May Wright Sewall, Indiana's best known leader of the suffrage movement, and Madam C. J. Walker, America's first female self-made millionaire. In addition, the program features the radical group who demanded equal pay for women.
Women Behaving Badly takes place Thursday, March 22, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis.
Guests are encouraged to sign up in advance, as space is limited. Registration is $20, $16 for IHS members, or $25 at the door. Admission includes light snacks and one drink ticket. The event is open to guests of all ages.
Women Behaving Badly is supported by Upland Brewing Company and Women4Change Indiana. To register, visit www.indianahistory.org or call IHS at (317) 232-1882
About the Indiana Historical Society
Since 1830, the Indiana Historical Society has been Indiana's Storyteller™, connecting people to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing the state's history. A private, nonprofit membership organization, IHS maintains the nation's premier research library and archives on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest and presents a unique set of visitor experiences called the Indiana Experience. IHS also provides support and assistance to local museums and historical groups; publishes books and periodicals; sponsors teacher workshops; produces and hosts art exhibitions, museum theater and outside performance groups; and provides youth, adult and family programs. IHS is a Smithsonian Affiliate and a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.
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