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Indianapolis 8th grader's art represents state in White House exhibit

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INDIANAPOLIS — A young Indiana student is representing the state with her art at the White House.

It is part of First Lady Melania Trump's art exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented.

Caroline Bohn, an 8th grader at St. Jude Catholic School in Indianapolis, was chosen for the Hoosier state with her artwork called "The Long March to be Heard."

"The size variation was to symbolize how they're rising into power. I put the flag in the background because it obviously took place in America," Bohn said. "And then feminism and the suffrage is all about not women being better than men, but about being equal to men, so that's why I included the equal sign in between the different symbols for the genders."

The exhibit is called "Building the Movement: America's Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women's Suffrage."