{"id":6590,"date":"2017-07-12T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2017-07-12T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:00:11","slug":"iowa-city-feminists-the-womens-resource-and-action-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2017\/07\/12\/iowa-city-feminists-the-womens-resource-and-action-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa City Feminists: The Women\u2019s Resource and Action Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WRAC newsletter from 1978<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe will meet all of us women of every land. We will meet at the center, make a circle. We will weave a world we to entangle the powers that bury our children.\u201d — cover art for WRAC’s December 1978 newsletter<\/p>\n

Iowa City\u2019s\u00a0Women\u2019s Resource and Action Center (WRAC)<\/a>\u00a0opened in 1971 as a place for women to meet about and organize around issues that mattered to them. With support from the University, members of WRAC hosted a rape crisis line, formed anti-racism organizations, and kept track of local LGBT friendly businesses and housed dozens of discussion and support groups for women from all walks of life.<\/p>\n

WRAC published monthly newsletters for Newsletters frequently included schedules for women\u2019s events in town, notices for<\/p>\n

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“A Feminist Prayer” from vol. 1 no 12 issue of the WRAC newsletter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

for discussion and support groups, and opinion pieces on issues important to women. Newsletters also frequently included feminist poetry, such as “A Feminist Prayer,” printed in a 1975 issue.<\/p>\n

WRAC, still on the UIowa campus, recently moved to a\u00a0new, bigger location.<\/a>\u00a0If you would like to tour WRAC, it will be hosting a reception this Friday, July 14th, at 6pm as a part of the Iowa City Feminist Reunion.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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