Juliet Strauss Memorial

Juliet Strauss, born in 1863 and died in 1918, was a Hoosier journalist and park advocate who began writing a regular column for the Rockville newspaper while still in high school and later became a journalist for the Indianapolis News. For years, her stories, advice, and philosophy from the heartland appeared in the Ladies Home Journal. Strauss and many others were instrumental in the early campaign to create a state park system, and 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, Turkey Run was protected for future generations. The bronze statue Subjugation was created by Myra Reynolds Richards, who was born in 1882 and died in 1934, served as head of the sculpture department of the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, and was considered one of the most successful Indiana sculptors of the early 20th century, with works in downtown Indianapolis and Arlington Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The work of art honors two Hoosier women and their contributions.

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