Grace Julian Clarke

Biography

Grace Julian Clarke was a prominent voice for women’s rights in Indiana, spending decades advocating for suffrage, equal pay, and broader civic participation. Her writing and speeches kept the issues of education and political equality at the center of local reform efforts, helping to mobilize women across the state.

She also devoted herself to philanthropic causes, nurturing libraries and wartime relief work while mentoring younger activists who followed in her footsteps. Clarke’s enduring legacy is reflected in the countless women who found in her a model of principled leadership.