Juliet Strauss Memorial

Juliet Strauss Memorial. . , This statue memorializes a Hoosier woman who overcame challenges to protect Turkey Run forever., Juliet Strauss 1863-1918 , Journalist/Park Advocate, Juliet Strauss began writing a regular column for the Rockville newspaper while still in high school. She would go on to become a journalist for the Indianapolis News. For years, her stories, advice and philosophy from the heartland were featured in the Ladies Home Journal., Strauss and many others were instrumental in the early campaign to create a state park system. She fought hard to make her beloved Turkey Run one of the first parks. Due in part to her skills as a writer and advocate, you are able to enjoy this park today., It is the woman who has walked across the fields on a wild winter night to help a sister woman in her hour of trial, the woman who has dressed the newborn baby and composed the limbs of the dead, learned the rude surgery of the farm, harnessed horses, milked cows, carried young lambs into the kitchen to save them from perishing in the rough March weather--it is she who has seen life.--Juliet Strauss, Myra Reynolds Richards 1882-1934 , Sculptor/Professor, This bronze statue, Subjugation was created by sculptor Myra Reynolds Richards. She was considered one of the most successful Indiana sculptors of the early 20th century. Her works grace downtown Indianapolis and the Arlington Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Richards served as head of the sculpture department of the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis., Other works by Myra Reynolds Richards , Photo captions: , Drinking Fountain , Carroll County Courthouse , Delphi, Indiana, James Whitcomb Riley , Hancock County Courthouse , Greenfield, Indiana, This work of art honors two Hoosier women. Please show respect for their lives and contributions. , Do not climb on the statue.