May Wright Sewall Leadership Award

The May Wright Sewall Leadership Award is given to an outstanding woman in Indiana who exudes the spirit of May Wright Sewall.  In the spirit of May Wright Sewall, and all that she accomplished from:

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• founding the first-class mid-western Girls Classical School to provide an ivy league education to girls,

• to introducing physical education for girls,

• to founding the Indianapolis Woman’s Club

• to the National Council of Women,

• to fighting diligently beside Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for a woman’s right to vote not just in the United States but across the world,

• to founding the International Council of Women and

• to hosting the International Woman’s Congress at the 1893 World’s Fair

May Wright Sewall set the bar for civic engagement.  Each year the Propylaeum selects one outstanding example of civic leadership and innovation for the May Wright Sewall Leadership Award.

Marianne Glick founded the Executive Women’s Training Program in 1986, assisting organizations to enhance employee productivity and effectiveness. She is chairwoman of the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation and president of the board for TeenWorks. She also serves on the boards of the Gene B. Glick Co., United Way of Central Indiana, Ivy Tech Community College, IUPUI Chancellor’s Advisory Council, Goodwill, Ascend Indiana, and Community Health Foundation. She has served as a trustee for Ball State University, Central Indiana Community Foundation, the Women’s Hospital, Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, Women’s Fund and Prevent Blindness Indiana.

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Marianne is an accomplished artist and president and owner of GlickArt, with paintings being accepted into juried competitions and winning awards in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Florida. Marianne often contributes her paintings to assist non-profit organizations, such as the Children's Bureau, Girls Inc., Dress for Success, Planned Parenthood, United Way, and Women's Fund. She has received the following honors: Charles L. Whistler Award 2018, Sagamore of the Wabash 2014, Michael Carroll Award, the first honorary alumni award from Ball State University, Woman of Influence 2012 by the Indianapolis Business Journal, Touchstone Award 2011 from Girls Inc., and Indiana Woman of Influence in 2010 by Ball State University.

Marianne Glick- 2019 Award Recipient