Butler-Tarkington in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Janet Flanner
1892 - 1978
Photographed by Bernard Miller, September 15, 2024
1. Janet Flanner Marker, Side One
Writer Janet Flanner lived in this neighborhood and graduated from Tudor Hall School for Girls in 1909. She led the local branch of the Woman's Franchise League in 1917 and wrote an arts column for the Indianapolis Star, becoming a pioneer movie critic. Flanner moved abroad and launched her column "Letter from Paris" for the New Yorker under the penname Genκt in 1925.
In Paris, Flanner was part of an expatriate community that included other notable lesbian writers as well as internationally recognized artists and intellectuals. By the 1930s, she was lauded for her sharp. refined, and witty New Yorker profiles. In 1966, she won the National Book Award for Paris Journal: 1944-1965. She wrote her last "Letter from Paris in 1975.
Erected 2023 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.
Location. 39° 49.799′ N, 86° 9.552′ W. Marker is in Indianapolis, Indiana,
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: North Meridian Street Historic District (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Booth Tarkington (approx. Ό mile away); Oliver Johnson House (approx. Ύ mile away); Crown Hill Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Crown Hill Confederate Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hinkle Fieldhouse (approx. one mile away); Meridian Park Historic District (approx. one mile
Photographed by Bernard Miller, September 15, 2024
2. Janet Flanner Marker, Side Two
Another marker is no longer nearby. Crown Hill (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Additional keywords. LGBT, LGBTQ, 🏳️🌈
Photographed by Bernard Miller, September 21, 2024
3. Janet Flanner Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2024, by Bernard Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2024, by Bernard Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana. 3. submitted on September 21, 2024, by Bernard Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
