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May Wright Sewall (née Mary Eliza Wright; May 27, 1844 – July 22, 1920) was an American reformer, who was known for her service to the causes of education, women's rights, and world peace. She was born in Greenfield , Milwaukee County, Wisconsin .
The Sewall memorial is closely linked to the history of the IMA. [1] May Wright Sewall, an Indianapolis educator, civic organizer who was known nationally and internationally for her work as a women's rights activist and peace movement advocate, was the founder of the Art Association of Indianapolis in 1883.
May Wright Sewall (1844–1920) [81] 2019 Northwest corner of Veterans Memorial Plaza at the corner of Meridian Street and North Street: Indianapolis Lt. Col. Joseph H. Ward, M.D, 1872–1952 [82] 2019 West 21st Street and North Boulevard Place
In 1888 May Wright Sewall, an Indianapolis educator, clubwoman, community leader and women's rights advocate, urged members of the Indianapolis Woman's Club (established in 1875) to form a stock company to finance construction of a headquarters building for the club. The women also planned to make earn money for their group by renting the ...
May Wright Sewall, chair. This formal application from the officers of the National Council of Women of the United States was made by its president, May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, under date of May 29, 1892. The executive committee of the National Council of Women, at a meeting held in Chicago on May 9 and 10, had authorized the president ...
May Wright Sewall (1844–1920) – chairperson of the National Woman's Suffrage Association's (NWSA) executive committee from 1882 to 1890. [117] Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919) – president of National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) from 1904 to 1915. [118] Mary Shaw (1854–1929) – early feminist, playwright and actress. [119]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art was founded as the Art Association of Indianapolis, an open-membership group led by suffragist May Wright Sewall.Formed in 1883, the organization aimed to inform the public about visual art and provide art education. [5]
Weaver was a Fellow and Instructor at Stanford (1901), [3] teacher (1901-1903) and Principal at a private school in Logansport, Indiana (1903-1906), and Joint Principal of the Girls' Classical School in Indianapolis with May Wright Sewall (1906-1910). [4] [5] Anna closed the school in 1910 after managing it for a few years after Sewall retired.