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 the Iowa Memorial Union. If you can’t make it to the talk, check out this wonderful resource: African American Women Students at the University ofContinue reading “Black Hawkeyes: The History of Black Students at the University of Iowa”
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Living Learning Community in IWA
On Tuesday of this week, the Iowa Women’s Archives held an event for the “New in Town” Living Learning Community. We asked the question, “What was it like to be a student at Iowa 100 years ago?” Each table represented a decade from the 1910’s all the way to the 2000’s, so the group ofContinue reading “Living Learning Community in IWA”
eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades
eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades Join us for a panel discussion featuring women who have been active in Iowa City’s feminist health clinic founded in 1973. The clinic had its origins in an abortion referral service started by Iowa City’s Women’s Liberation Front in 1971. The Emma Goldman Clinic for Women opened September 1,Continue reading “eras of emma: the emma goldman clinic through four decades”
John Fry: What I Learned from Publishing an Edited Manuscript, Fri, Sept 20, 10-11am
Laura & Earle Smith were barely out of college in 1913 when they left Moravia, Iowa, to try their hand at homesteading near Chugwater, Wyoming. Laura recounted their adventures years later in her memoir Almost Pioneers. Historian John Fry (UI PhD, 2002) came across Almost Pioneers while doing dissertation research in the Iowa Women’s Archives and later edited it forContinue reading “John Fry: What I Learned from Publishing an Edited Manuscript, Fri, Sept 20, 10-11am”
Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Iowa Women’s Archives In collaboration with the UI Council on the Status of Women, IWA will welcome Susan Birrell for a talk and Janet Schlapkohl for a dramatic reading on Thursday, March 28 starting at 4pm in the Iowa Women’s Archives (3rd floor south of the Main Library). UniversityContinue reading “Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm”
Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to “Silent Spring”
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a lyrical and compelling book about how DDT and other pesticides were damaging the environment and human health. The book called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world and became an inspiration for the environmental movement. One of Carson’s staunchest advocates andContinue reading “Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to “Silent Spring””
Biographer of Mary Louise Smith to read on November 10th
As part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Iowa Women’s Archives, Suzanne O’Dea will read from her new biography of Archives co-founder Mary Louise Smith and take questions about her research for the book. Join us for coffee and pastries at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 10th, in the North Exhibition HallContinue reading “Biographer of Mary Louise Smith to read on November 10th”
Vicki Ruiz to present keynote lecture at The Latino Midwest symposium
Of Poetics and Politics: The Border Journeys of Luisa Moreno Opening Keynote Address, The Latino Midwest Symposium Thursday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Shambaugh Auditorium, The University of Iowa Reception, 8:30 p.m. North Exhibition Hall, Main Library ~ in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Iowa Women’s Archives ~ From the symposium website: Vicki L.Continue reading “Vicki Ruiz to present keynote lecture at The Latino Midwest symposium”
Pathways to Iowa: Migration Stories from the Iowa Women’s Archives
Join Iowa Women’s Archives Curator Kären Mason, Assistant Curator Janet Weaver, and faculty members Omar Valerio-Jiménez and Claire Fox for a brown-bag discussion of Latina history in Iowa at the opening of the newest exhibit at the UI Main Library. Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:00- 1:00 p.m. University of Iowa Main Library, North Exhibition HallContinue reading “Pathways to Iowa: Migration Stories from the Iowa Women’s Archives”
Re-examining the Pelvic
On Tuesday, May 1st, the Iowa Women’s Archives will host a lecture by Wendy Kline, professor of history at the University of Cincinnati. Kline’s talk, “Reexamining the Pelvic: Women’s Health from a Recent Historical Perspective,” concerns the late 20th century controversy regarding pelvic examination instruction in American medical schools. In the 1970s, medical educators expressed concern overContinue reading “Re-examining the Pelvic”