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 was assassinated in Sarajevo by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip. One month later, war broke out across Europe between two alliance systems. Britain, France, Russia, andContinue reading “Louise Liers, World War I nurse”
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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 of Iowa author and historian Thursday June 19, 2014, 5:30-6:30 PM MERF Room 2117 (Medical Education and Research Facility across from Hardin Library) Mrs. Dr.Continue reading “Nineteenth Century Davenport as a Hotbed of Controversial Alternative Medicine Schools”
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 faculty, students, and staff discussed a curriculum project that combines historic documents with digital tools and methods as part of the Irving B. Weber Days local historyContinue reading “Archives Alive!: Teaching with WWII Correspondence”
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 the Main Library and the Adler Journalism Building, followed by the author presentation and reception, and tours of the Conservation Lab and the Iowa Women’sContinue reading “An Evening of Irish Music & Mystery: Featuring Author Erin Hart & Musician Paddy O’Brien”
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 Women’s Archives was founded by two women who understood the critical importance of women participating in politics at all levels. Join us for a day-longContinue reading “Women in Politics 2014: Historic & Current Perspectives”
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 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”
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 the early 20th century. Huge tents were erected and a variety of speakers, performances, and children’s activities took place over the week the Chautauqua wasContinue reading “Women on the Chautauqua Circuit: Winsome Lasses and Ardent Advocates”
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 the LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Council 10 of Davenport, Iowa. Mexicans arrived in Iowa as early as the 1880s, and by theContinue reading “LULAC Christmas party, early 1960’s”
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 is Shirley Rich in her office at Rodgers & Hammerstein! She worked there as an assistant casting director from 1948 to 1951. Rich grew upContinue reading “Shirley Rich, casting director and UI alum”
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 campus for their winter sports. (Not recommended these days, unless you don’t mind crash-landing into four lanes of traffic.) Female students at the University ofContinue reading “Resourceful students skiing at the Pentacrest”