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Quilt squares about Iowa women, by Iowa girls.
Mar 21 2017

Every Girl Has a Voice: 8-14 Year Old Girls Explore IWA

Posted on March 21, 2017January 18, 2021 by Colleen Theisen

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, who joined the local boys 4-H club in order to competitively show cattle; and Phyliss Henry, Des Moines’ first police woman.
Using photocopies of what they found, the kids made their own mini-exhibits and decorated a quilt square about a girl or woman of their choice.

All who participated had a blast, and we hope to have a similar event in the future.

 

The girls examine our current exhibit "History as it Happens: Women's March 2017
The girls examine our current exhibit “History as it Happens: Women’s March 2017
Curator Kären Mason shows the girls some artifacts from IWA collections.
Curator Kären Mason shows the girls some artifacts from IWA collections.
Assistant curator Janet Weaver helps a girl write her exhibit caption, "And the women powered through it!"
Assistant curator Janet Weaver helps a girl write her exhibit caption, “And the women powered through it!”
Quilt squares about Iowa women, by Iowa girls.
Quilt squares about Iowa women, by Iowa girls.
Posted in EventsTagged Dora Martin Berry, Dorothy Fox Wurster, events, janet weaver, karen mason, Phyliss Henry

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