Juliet Virginia Strauss | |
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 Portrait of Strauss, c. 1900 | |
| Born | Juliet Virginia Humphries January 7, 1863 Rockville, Indiana |
| Died | May 22, 1918 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Isaac R. Strouse |
| Parents | William and Susan Humphries |
Juliet Virginia Strauss (January 7, 1863 – May 22, 1918) was an American journalist and public speaker from Rockville, Indiana, who was a leader in efforts to generate public and state government support to establish Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana, in 1916 as Indiana's second state park. She began her journalism career as a regular newspaper columnist at the Rockville Tribune, where she wrote a daily column called "Squibs and Sayings" from 1893 until her death in 1918. From 1903 until 1918, she also wrote a weekly column for the Indianapolis News using the pseudonym of "The Country Contributor." In addition, Strauss authored "The Ideas of a Plain Country Woman," a monthly column for the Ladies' Home Journal from 1905 until 1918. A collection of her articles was published as The Ideas of a Plain Country Woman (1906). Strauss was a founder of the Woman's Press Club of Indiana in 1913, and in 1922, the group dedicated a statue in Strauss's honor at Turkey Run State Park in recognition of her effort to protect its natural beauty.