Marie Stuart Edwards was born in 1880 in Lafayette, IN. In 1904, she married Richard Edwards. The couple moved into this house in Peru, IN, in 1914 and Marie Stuart Edwards died there in 1970.While previously active in social reform, Marie’s activity in the suffrage movement took off in 1914. She helped organize the Indiana Women’s Franchise League. In 1920 she was one of four women who organized the National League of Women Voters, to insure the passage of an amendment to enfranchise women, to educate voters on democratic responsibilities, and to push for social reform. She also served on the Indiana State Commission for Mental Defectives, the Department of Government for the League of Women Voters, and the Indiana Board of Public Welfare. In Miami County, she was involved with the County Board of Associated Charities and led the local Works Progress Administration board during the Depression