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Tag: Vi Taliaferro
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Celebrating the People of Bloomington: Part 19
Doctor Jean Creek, State Senator Vi Simpson, and judge Vi Taliaferro are among these Bloomingtonians worth knowing.
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Guest Column: Growing Up Taliaferro
While I consider Baltimore, Maryland, my childhood home, I was born in Los Angeles, where my father, George Taliaferro, was a member of the…
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Mary Ann Macklin: Activist Minister
It was that nagging little voice inside—along with some encouragement from Mom—that ultimately set Mary Ann Macklin on her true path. Macklin, senior minister…
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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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Cover Story: Women Who Helped Shape Our Town
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE When Mary Alice Dunlap was appointed by the Bloomington City Council as the city’s first woman mayor…