This piece was composed by IWA graduate assistant Andrea Leusink. In the spring of 1965, Marion Helland, a fifth-grade teacher in New Hope, Minnesota, was flipping through the latest issue of the American Federation of Teachers newsletter when an ad calling for Freedom School teachers caught her eye. Helland, whose teaching career had begun in Iowa almost 20 yearsContinue reading “Marion Helland: Teaching from IA to MN to MS…and Back!”
Author Archives: Kate Orazem
Kick Off Women’s History Month with the Iowa Women’s Archives
The Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA) will kick off Women’s History Month with an event at the Iowa City Public Library! The Purpose of the Pelvic: A Historical Analysis will bring Dr. Wendy Kline, the Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University, to discuss the history of the pelvic exam andContinue reading “Kick Off Women’s History Month with the Iowa Women’s Archives”