This post, by Christina Jensen, appeared on the Iowa Women’s Archives Tumblr this summer, and has since been featured on NBC news. On June 28th, 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand […]
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Nineteenth Century Davenport as a Hotbed of Controversial Alternative Medicine Schools
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society & the Iowa Women’s Archives invite you to: Nineteenth Century Davenport as a Hotbed of Controversial Alternative Medicine Schools Featuring Greta Nettleton, University […]
Archives Alive!: Teaching with WWII Correspondence
This post was originally written by Jen Wolfe, Digital Scholarship Librarian, for the UI Libraries Digital Research & Publishing Blog. It is re-posted here with minor modifications. University of Iowa […]
An Evening of Irish Music & Mystery: Featuring Author Erin Hart & Musician Paddy O’Brien
Join us for an Evening of Irish Music and Mystery, featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien. The evening will begin with traditional Irish music on the square between […]
Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives
Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives Friday, April 18th, 2014, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM Old Capitol Museum Senate Chambers The Louise Noun – Mary Louise Smith Iowa […]
Black Hawkeyes: The History of Black Students at the University of Iowa
Drawing on collections in the Iowa Women’s Archives, curator Kären Mason will discuss the history of African American women students at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, February 25th at […]
Women on the Chautauqua Circuit: Winsome Lasses and Ardent Advocates
This post by Kären Mason, Curator of the Iowa Women’s Archives, was originally written for Akashic Books. Chautauqua was an eagerly anticipated event in towns across the United States in […]
LULAC Christmas party, early 1960′s
Women’s History Wednesday: As part of its project to document the history of Iowa Latinas and their families, the Iowa Women’s Archives preserves and makes accessible the records of […]
Shirley Rich, casting director and UI alum
I watched “The Sound of Music Live!” last night, and with musicals on the brain, I hoped we had something theatrical in the archives. And what do you know, here […]
Resourceful students skiing at the Pentacrest
Women’s History Wednesday: Iowa City isn’t exactly prime skiing country, but these resourceful UI students circa 1930s-1940s made do by repurposing the Pentacrest’s west hill in the heart of […]