Juliet V. Strauss - Rockville, Indiana
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N 39° 46.033 W 087° 14.050
16S E 479943 N 4401947
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau, Rockville Public Library, Parke County Historical Society, and Friends of Turkey Run
Waymark Code: WMZK26
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2018
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Side one:
Popular columnist writing as "The Country Contributor," Strauss (1863-1918) idealized simple rural life and traditional roles for women in a time of national shifts in class and gender relations. Began writing for hometown newspaper, Rockville Tribune, 1880, for Indianapolis News, 1903, and for Ladies Home Journal, 1905, which reached a million readers worldwide.
Side two:
Through her columns and influence, Strauss worked to save old-growth forest, called Turkey Run, from destruction by lumber company. Turkey Run became Indiana's second state park during Indiana's centennial celebration, 1916, at a time of heightened national interest in conservation. Indiana women's clubs dedicated a statue to her efforts at Turkey Run, 1922.
County: Parke
Year Placed: 2012
Name: Juliet V. Strauss
ID#: 61.2012.1
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