CLARKE, GRACE GIDDINGS JULIAN (MRS. CHARLES B.)- 1865-1938.
Born in Centerville, Ind., on Sept. 11, 1865, Grace Julian came of a family of abolitionists. Her father was George W. Julian, and her grandfather was Joshua R. Giddings of Ohio . In 1872 her parents moved to Irvington, Ind., where she attended the Mt. Zion district school and subsequently enrolled in Butler University, graduating in 1884 with the Ph.B. degree and receiving the Ph.M. degree in 1885. She was married to Charles B. Clarke, an Indianapolis attorney, in 1887.
For eighteen years Mrs. Clarke conducted a weekly column for the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and also, for eight years, edited a woman's page for the same paper. She was an active club woman–from 1909 to 1911 she was president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs and she was a director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was an ardent advocate of women's suffrage. Mrs. Clarke died on June 18, 1938.
Besides the two biographical works listed, Mrs. Clarke also edited George W. Julian's speeches and papers.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III, and the Indiana State Library.
- George W. Julian, Some Impressions.
Indianapolis, n.d.
- George W. Julian. Indianapolis,
1923.
