Hoosier Heroines Essay Contest

Hoosier Heroines

Celebrating 200 Years of Women's History in Indiana

Students in grades 5 – 9 have an opportunity to complete an essay challenge for a chance to visit the Indiana Statehouse as a special guest of First Lady Karen Pence and Indiana’s female statewide office holders.

A recording of the March 30,2016 ceremony can be viewed at https://indiana.adobeconnect.com/p6xlb7ayyod/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

Contest Details

2016 Topic: Which Hoosier woman, who has contributed in the last 200 years to the field of, do you admire most and why?
Please select a women currently living or from history who has contributed to the field/industry assigned below according to grade level.

5^th grade – Agriculture

6^th grade – Suffrage

7^th grade – Business

8^th grade – Science

9^th grade – Education

This contest has been endorsed as a Bicentennial Legacy project.

2016 Winning Essays

Gina Sheets5^th grade – Madison Akridge, Dayton Elementary

Zerelda Gray Wallace
6^th grade – Elizabeth Bowling, Crawfordsville Middle School

Jennifer Vigran7^th grade – Addison Ream, Eastern Middle School

Janice E. Voss: A Leading Women in Science and Space
8^th grade – Maddie Nagel, Clay Middle School

Eliza Blaker
9^th grade – Peace Green, Herron High School

2015 Winning Essays

The First Female Engineer in Indiana
5^th grade – Samantha Mesterharm, Mary Castle Elementary

The First Female Millionaire
6^th grade – Lindsey Pickens, Western Middle School

Madam C. J. Walker
7^th grade – Lilly O’Shea, St. Paul Catholic School

The Queen of Agriculture
8^th grade – Abigail Vinarcik, Lafayette Catholic School

A Heroine and the Trials
9^th grade – Christopher Pack, Indianapolis Metropolitan High School