Grace Julian Clarke 1865-1938
Location: 115 S. Audubon Rd., Indianapolis (Marion County), Indiana 46219
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Jackie Swihart, and Friends of Grace Julian Clarke
ID#: 49.2020.2
Learn more on the Indiana History Blog with the posts "A Petty Affair: Grace Julian Clarke and the 1915 Campaign for the Indiana General Federation of Women’s Clubs Presidency" and "Taking It to the Streets: Hoosier Women’s Suffrage Automobile Tour"
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Suffragist and political activist Grace Julian Clarke moved to Irvington by 1874 and lived in the house here. She earned her BA and MA from Butler University. As Indiana Federation of Clubs president, 1910 to 1911, she advanced women’s social and political reform work. Clarke helped revive Indiana’s suffrage movement in 1911 by co-founding the Woman’s Franchise League.
Side Two:
By undertaking automobile tours, founding the Legislative Council of Indiana Women at the statehouse, writing for the Indianapolis Star, and leveraging women’s WWI relief work, Clarke was integral to Indiana’s 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment. While working to secure suffrage, Clarke lobbied for the League of Nations as an international peace activist.
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Side One:
Grace Julian Clarke (1865[1]-1938[2])
Suffragist and political activist Grace Julian Clarke moved to Irvington by 1874 and lived in the house here. [3] She earned her BA and MA from Butler University.[4] As Indiana Federation of Clubs president, 1910 to 1911, she advanced women’s social and political reform work.[5] Clarke helped revive Indiana’s suffrage movement in 1911 by co-founding the Woman’s Franchise League.[6]
Side Two
By undertaking automobile tours,[7] founding the Legislative Council of Indiana Women at the statehouse,[8] writing for the Indianapolis Star,[9] and leveraging women’s WWI relief work,[10] Clarke was integral to Indiana’s 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment.[11] While working to secure suffrage, Clarke lobbied for the League of Nations as an international peace activist.[12]
[1]Grace Julian Clarke, George W. Julian (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1923), 249, accessed Archive.org.; List of United States Citizens, S. S. Cedric Sailing from Liverpool, August 10, 1927, Arriving at Port of New York, September 19, 1927, Roll T715, Line 1, accessed AncestryLibrary.com.; “Friends, Clubs Pay Tribute at Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Rites,” The Indianapolis News, June 20, 1938, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Grace Julian Clarke, 72, Was Active in Hoosier Suffrage Move,” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1938, 1, accessed Newspapers.com.
[2] “Friends, Clubs Pay Tribute at Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Rites,” The Indianapolis News, June 20, 1938, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.; Standard Certificate of Death for Grace Julian Clarke, June 18, 1938, Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900-2011, microfilm Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN.; “Grace Julian Clarke, 72, Was Active in Hoosier Suffrage Move,” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1938, 1, accessed Newspapers.com.
[3] Journal, George Washington Julian, February 1873, George Washington Julian Collection, Rare Books and Manuscript Collection, Indiana State Library.; The Indiana State Sentinel, March 3, 1874, 7, accessed Newspapers.com.; The Indianapolis News, August 6, 1874, 3, accessed Hoosier State Chronicles.; Grace Julian Clarke, George W. Julian, 360, accessed Archive.org.; “Friends, Clubs Pay Tribute at Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Rites,” Indianapolis News, June 20, 1938, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.; The Hancock Democrat, June 23, 1938, 4, accessed Newspapers.com.
[4] “Grace Julian Clarke, 72, Was Active in Hoosier Suffrage Move,” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1938, 1, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Friends, Clubs Pay Tribute at Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Rites,” The Indianapolis News, June 20, 1938, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.; Swihart, 1.
[5] “Grace Julian Clarke Will Head Federation,” The Indianapolis Star, October 28, 1909, 12, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Finds Inspiration to American Women in Miss Pankhurst’s Visit,” The Indianapolis Star, March 28, 1911, 7, accessed Newspapers.com.; Untitled document, Indianapolis, 1911, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1911-1912, p. 4, Women in Hoosier History Collection, ISL Digital Collections.; Letter, Grace Julian Clarke, Irvington, to Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, New York City, April 1, 1911, Box 1, Folder 4, Grace Julian Clarke Papers, 1845-1938, [Mss I] ISLI B73, ISL.; “Indiana Women More Serious,” The Indianapolis Star, July 3, 1911, 7, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Committees Prepare Federation Reports,” The Indianapolis News, October 24, 1911, 4, accessed Newspapers.com.; Harriet Henton, “An Irvington Visitor Writes of Grace Julian Clarke and Her Home,” The Indianapolis Star, June 16, 1912, 57, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Enfranchisement Comes as Hard-Earned Victory,” The Indianapolis Star, September 5, 1920, 36, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Grace Julian Clarke, 72, Was Active in Hoosier Suffrage Move,” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1938, 6, accessed Newspapers.com.; The Indianapolis Star, June 26, 1938, 40, accessed Newspapers.com.; Swihart, 23, 25.; Anita Morgan, “We Must Be Fearless:” The Woman Suffrage Movement in Indiana (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2020), 5, 104.
[6] Agent Card, Grace Julian Clarke, Woman’s School League of Indiana, 1910, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1906-1910, p. 88.; Letter, Grace Julian Clarke, Irvington, to Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, New York City, April 1, 1911, Box 1, Folder 4, Grace Julian Clarke Papers, 1845-1938, [Mss I] ISLI B73, ISL.; Harriet Henton, “An Irvington Visitor Writes of Grace Julian Clarke and Her Home,” The Indianapolis Star, June 16, 1912, 57, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Woman’s Franchise League Will Go to Statehouse Monday and Ask Suffrage Amendment to Constitution,” The Indianapolis News, March 1, 1913, 11, accessed Newspapers.com.; Letter, Grace Julian Clarke, Woman’s Franchise League, to Mrs. J.W. Hamilton, Chairman, 6th District, I. F. C., December 23, 1913, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1913 July-December, p. 96.; Letter, Benjamin Bosse, Mayor, Evansville, Ind., to Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke, Dir. W.F.L, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1916, p. 77.; “Grace Julian Clarke, 72, Was Active in Hoosier Suffrage Move,” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1938, 6, accessed Newspapers.com.; Morgan, 96, 102, 105-106.
[7] “Carrying Suffrage Doctrine to Indiana Cities and Towns,” The Indianapolis News, June 6, 1912, 12, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Woman’s Clubs,” The Indianapolis Star, August 11, 1912, 36, accessed Newspapers.com.; Morgan, 115.
[8] Letterhead, President, Grace Julian Clarke, The Legislative Council of Indiana Women, ca. 1914, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence and Papers June 1914-1915, p. 1, p. 5.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Women to Renew Effort to Gain the New Constitution,” The Indianapolis Star, December 29, 1918, 29, accessed Newspapers.com.; Ida Husted Harper, ed., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 6, 1900-1920, (National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1922), 175, accessed Project Gutenberg.; Amelia R. Keller, untitled manuscript, ca. 1917, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence and Papers, 1917, p. 6.; Morgan 128, 144.
[9] Grace Julian Clarke, “Finds Inspiration to American Women in Miss Pankhurst’s Visit,” The Indianapolis Star, March 28, 1911, 7, accessed Newspapers.com; Grace Julian Clarke, “Women Still May Progress, Despite Praise About Work,” The Indianapolis Star, August 6, 1916, 34, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Ballot Makes Women Popular in Both Parties,” The Indianapolis Star, March 11, 1917, 44, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Enfranchisement Comes as Hard-Earned Victory,” The Indianapolis Star, September 5, 1920, 36, accessed Newspapers.com.; Swihart, 1, 44.; Morgan, 111.
[10] “Many Women Enroll for War Relief Work,” The Indianapolis News, April 12, 1917, 7, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Supervisor of War Work,” The Indianapolis News, May 9, 1917, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Will Talk Wherever They Get the Chance,” The Indianapolis News, October 16, 1917, 1, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Suffrage Goal Declared Near,” The Indianapolis Star, November 12, 1917, 14, accessed Newspaper.com.; Grace Julian Clarke, “Public Opinion Much Changed as to Suffrage,” The Indianapolis Star, August 11, 1918, 37, accessed Newspapers.com.; Swihart, 45, 51, 54, 67.
[11] Letter, Carrie Chapman Catt to Grace Julian Clarke, November 30, 1899, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence and Papers, 1857-1899, p. 113-117.; Program, Suffrage Conference at Plymouth Church, Dec. 7 and 8, 1899, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence and Papers, 1857-1899, p. 125.; Letter, Susan B. Anthony to Grace Julian Clarke, December 18, 1899, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence and Papers, 1857-1899, p. 136-138.; Letter, Susan B. Anthony to Grace Julian Clarke, January 11, 1900, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1900-1905, p. 7-8.; “Women Distributing Literature to Visitors at the Fair,” The Indianapolis News, September 5, 1912, 13, accessed Newspapers.com.; “Friends, Clubs Pay Tribute at Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Rites,” The Indianapolis News, June 20, 1938, 9, accessed Newspapers.com.
[12] Grace Julian Clarke, “Women Indorse Statement Made by Yale Professor,” The Indianapolis Star, February 23, 1919, 37, accessed Newspapers.com.; Letter, Grace Julian Clarke, The Indianapolis Star, Editorial Rooms, to Hon. James E. Watson, Washington, D.C., May 29, 1919, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1918-1919, p. 72.; “Local News Brevities,” (Lafayette) Journal and Courier, October 20, 1920, 16, accessed Newspapers.com.; Grace Julian Clarke’s handwritten notes about the League of Nations Covenant, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1920 Oct.-Dec., p. 3-7.; Letter, Mrs. Annie B. Martin, Sheridan, to Mrs. Clarke, November 4, 1920, Grace Julian Clarke Correspondence Papers, 1920 Oct.-Dec.; The Indianapolis News, June 9, 1921, 3, accessed Newspapers.com.; Swihart, 58, 70-71, 74-76.
For more about Clarke, see Jacqueline Swihart, “Grace Julian Clarke: The Emergence of a Political Actor, 1915-1920,” Master’s thesis, Indiana University, 2019, accessed Scholarworks.
See also Dr. Anita Morgan, “Taking it to the Streets: Hoosier Women’s Suffrage Automobile Tour,” and Jackie Swihart, “A Petty Affair: Grace Julian Clarke and the 1915 Campaign for the Indiana General Federation of Women’s Clubs Presidency,” Indiana History Blog.
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Women, Politics