Mrs. George W. Jaqua papers, 1940

Resource Information

The work Mrs. George W. Jaqua papers, 1940 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection, Multimedia, Mixed Materials.

Label

Mrs. George W. Jaqua papers, 1940

Inclusive dates

1940

Creator

• Jaqua, George W., Mrs

Subject

• Jaqua, George W., Mrs
• Speeches
• Winchester (Ind.)
• Democracy and education -- United States
• Women and democracy
• Women -- Indiana -- Societies and clubs

Genre

• trueSpeeches

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

This collection includes a typed document, possibly a speech, from Mrs. George W. Jaqua in Winchester, Indiana in 1940 regarding democracy and the state of the United States in 1940, education and the role of clubwomen

Biographical or historical data

Mrs. George W. Jaqua was born Evelyn [Evalyn] Hageman on May 15, 1898 in Muncie, Indiana to Maurice L. and Carrie Dill Hageman. She was an only child. She was graduated from Ward-Belmont [School for Women] in Nashville, Tennessee and received a teacher's diploma from a school of expression in Boston, Massachusettes. Immediately upon graduation from the school in Boston, during World War I, she entered wartime work, first as Captain of the Muncie, Indiana, Red Cross Canteen Service. She married George Wesley Jaqua in Delaware County, Indiana on October 15, 1919. They had three children and lived in Winchester, Indiana. She was an active member of the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as president from 1939-1941 and on many committees of that and other clubs. She was the chairman and director of the Women's Division, Indiana State Defense Council, during World War II, a director of United War Funds, Inc., director, Women's Division, Indiana Committee, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; trustee Hanover College and vice president of the Jaqua Company, Winchester, Indiana. She was a speaker in great demand and traveled world-wide. She died on Aug. 12, 1958 in Brevard, North Carolina.History of Ward-Belmont. Retrieved 2015/02/11. http://www.belmont.edu/oc/belmont_history/index.html"Hageman, Evalyn". 1900 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2015/02/11. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Hageman, Evalyn". Indiana, Select marriages, 1780-1992. Retrieved 2015/02/09. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Hageman, M. L.". U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. Retrieved 2015/02/11. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Jaqua, Mrs. Evelyn (George W.)". Press Information (undated; post 1940). ISLO 923 J36 #1. Print."Jaqua, Evelyn H.". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Retrieved 2015/02/09. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"[Jayna] Jaqua, Evelyn". 1940 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2015/02/09. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Story of Ward-Belmont". Retrieved 2015/02/11. https://archive.org/details/storyofwardbelmo00ward

Cataloging source

ISL