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Evaleen Stein by guest blogger Anneliese M. Rogers

Happy Women’s History Month!

Marks the centenary of the death of Evaleen Stein.

To celebrate March, we are going to take a look into Lafayette author, poet and artist – Evaleen Stein.

Evaleen Stein was born in Lafayette on Monday, October 12, 1863 to John Stein (1832 – 1886) and Virginia Tomlinson Stein (1940-1924).

She was the youngest of the two Stein children – her older brother was Orth Stein. John Stein was an attorney and member of Senate.

Join author Angie Klink to hear of the life of Evaleen Stein, a Show & Tell: Purdue's First President.

Evaleen Stein was born in Lafayette on Monday, October 12, to John Stein ( – ) and Virginia Tomlinson Stein ().

Stein melded the delicate pleasures of nature with a humble and private writer's life.

Scope and Contents The Evaleen Stein papers (; cubic feet) document the life and career of Evaleen Stein, one of the first female authors of note.

Stein, who was an attorney.

He drafted the bill which founded Purdue University. Virginia Tomlinson Stein became a librarian of the Lafayette Public Library after her husband died in 1886. In the Stein family, the children were encouraged to be creative and use their imagination.

 According to Robert C. Kriebel, “Their parents read them stories and taught them to reason, to notice, and to draw pictures of things” (Kriebel 21). Evaleen and Orth did just that.

The Poet

Evaleen wrote many poems- she wrote about holidays and all