Every girl has a voice. Every woman has a story! This month the IWA held an event for area girls from ages 8 – 14. The girls learned about Iowa girls and women from decades past like Dora Martin Berry, the first black student to be named Miss State University of Iowa; Dorothy Fox Wurster,Continue reading “Every Girl Has a Voice: 8-14 Year Old Girls Explore IWA”
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Black History Month: African American Women at University of Iowa
Photos of Adah Hyde Johnson (1912), Dora Martin Berry (1956), and students in the newly integrated Currier Hall (1946). Though the University of Iowa was one of the first institutions to open admission to African Americans, these students often had to overcome other barriers to an equal education. Our digital collection on African American Women StudentsContinue reading “Black History Month: African American Women at University of Iowa”