“We will meet all of us women of every land. We will meet at the center, make a circle. We will weave a world we to entangle the powers that bury our children.” — cover art for WRAC’s December 1978 newsletter Iowa City’s Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC) opened in 1971 as a place for womenContinue reading “Iowa City Feminists: The Women’s Resource and Action Center”
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Celebrating Iowa City’s Feminists
Join us this weekend, July 14-15, for the Iowa City Feminists Reunion! Many of the women who created Ain’t I a Woman, the Iowa City Women’s Press, Nahuatzen, and other publications featured in the Main Library’s current exhibit, Power to the Printers, will be here to reflect on their experiences as activists in Iowa CityContinue reading “Celebrating Iowa City’s Feminists”
Every Girl Has a Voice: 8-14 Year Old Girls Explore IWA
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”
Do Not Miss Three Events from October 24th – 27th
From October 24th – 27th Trudy Huskamp Peterson, the former Acting Archivist of the United States, and Jane E. Schultz, Professor of English and Medical Humanities at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, will visit the University of Iowa. A longtime friend of the Iowa Women’s Archives, Trudy Huskamp Peterson has made an international career of archives andContinue reading “Do Not Miss Three Events from October 24th – 27th”
Fundraiser for IWA: Music at the Mill with Tom Mason and HomeBrewed
Public Talk March 24, 2016 at 4:00PM “Jewish Women and Community Life in Iowa”
WE DID SO MUCH BEYOND THE HOME JEWISH WOMEN AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN IOWA A talk by Jeannette Gabriel, Graduate Research Assistant, Jewish Women in Iowa Project, Iowa Women’s Archives Join us to hear the untold stories of Jewish women’s involvement in community activities throughout Iowa history, whether in cities with robust Jewish populationsContinue reading “Public Talk March 24, 2016 at 4:00PM “Jewish Women and Community Life in Iowa””
Two Women’s History Month Events in March
Mujeres Latinas: Every Woman Has a Story Saturday, March 5, 2016, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join us in the Iowa Women’s Archives to learn about the rich history of Latinas, their families, and organizations in Iowa. ~Bring a memento from your past to share with the group. ~Learn how to preserve it. Refreshments will be served! Continue reading “Two Women’s History Month Events in March”
Calling All Sleuths! 2015 Nancy Drew Iowa Convention
University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections Dept. Come check out the 2015 Nancy Drew Iowa Convention, celebrating the 85th anniversary of Nancy Drew and the 110th anniversary of Iowa native and Nancy Drew author, Mildred Wirt Benson! 9:30am, Friday, May 1 University of Iowa Main Library, Room 2032. This event is free and open toContinue reading “Calling All Sleuths! 2015 Nancy Drew Iowa Convention”
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”