“WE STRIVE AND WE DO: BLACK SORORITY ACTIVISM AND THE BLACK PUBLIC SPHERE” The Iowa Women’s Archives kicks off Women’s History Month 2011 with a lecture on Wednesday, March 2nd, by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, Assistant Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at the University of Iowa. Whaley is the author of Disciplining Women:Continue reading “March 2nd lecture: Black Sorority Activism”
Category Archives: Exhibits
Winning the Vote
Celebrate Women’s Suffrage! August 26th marks the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in the United States. Here are a couple of ways to honor those courageous and determined women who fought for the vote: • Learn about Iowa women’s involvement in the suffrage movement through the exhibit Women’s Suffrage in Iowa:Continue reading “Winning the Vote”
Online exhibit on LGBTQ life in Iowa City earns honorable mention from OutHistory.org
The Iowa Women’s Archives and University of Iowa Archives Collaborated on the exhibit entitled “LGBTQ Life in Iowa City, Iowa: 1967-2010,” which was entered in the “Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest” hosted by OutHistory.org. Kären Mason, curator of the Iowa Women’s Archives and David McCartney, University Archivist, curated the exhibit, which was posted along withContinue reading “Online exhibit on LGBTQ life in Iowa City earns honorable mention from OutHistory.org”
IWA Display Celebrates 90 Years of Women’s Suffrage
Student processor Annette Bramstedt just helped finalize a new exhibit in honor of the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States (and Iowa). Bramstedt says working on the exhibit broadened her view of women’ s suffrage—she didn’t realize how much the women of Iowa played a role in national events. Some highlights ofContinue reading “IWA Display Celebrates 90 Years of Women’s Suffrage”