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Tag: charlotte zietlow
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Work Begins on Habitat for Humanity’s Third Local Neighborhood
Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County broke ground Monday, June 14, on what will become its third neighborhood, Osage Place, later this year.
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Review: ‘Minister’s Daughter: One Life, Many Lives’
Many Bloomingtonians will recognize the name Charlotte Zietlow, which is engraved on the local justice center, but may not have met the woman who…
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Celebrating the People of Bloomington: Part 4
Former county commissioner and activist Charlotte Zietlow, lawyer and haberdasher Andy Mallor, and piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler are among these Bloomingtonians worth knowing.
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Cambridge U. Press Reissues Rebecca Zietlow’s Book ‘The Forgotten Emancipator’
Bloomington native Rebecca Zietlow and 19th-century abolitionist James Ashley, the subject of her latest book, both have their parents to thank for their interest…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits–Marc Haggerty: Activist
(From Bloom’s October/November 2012 issue) Marc Haggerty, 64, elder statesman of Bloomington’s counterculture, grew up hunting, fishing, and playing guitar in the countryside south…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Women Who Helped Shape Our Town
From February/March 2015: When Mary Alice Dunlap was appointed by the Bloomington City Council as the city’s first woman mayor in 1962 after the…
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My Sister’s Closet: Bargains for a Cause (PHOTO GALLERY)
Many Bloomington residents know My Sister’s Closet as a place to find bargains on gently used women’s clothing and accessories. What some might not…
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Charlotte Zietlow’s Book on Bloomington Tells How Ordinary Folks Can Change Government
Charlotte Zietlow is arguably Bloomington’s leading citizen, having served as a City Council member, Monroe County’s first female County Commissioner, and in countless other…
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100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…