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Jul 12 2017

Iowa City Feminists: The Women’s Resource and Action Center

Posted on July 12, 2017January 18, 2021 by Anna Holland
WRAC newsletter from 1978

“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 women to meet about and organize around issues that mattered to them. With support from the University, members of WRAC hosted a rape crisis line, formed anti-racism organizations, and kept track of local LGBT friendly businesses and housed dozens of discussion and support groups for women from all walks of life.

WRAC published monthly newsletters for Newsletters frequently included schedules for women’s events in town, notices for

“A Feminist Prayer” from vol. 1 no 12 issue of the WRAC newsletter

for discussion and support groups, and opinion pieces on issues important to women. Newsletters also frequently included feminist poetry, such as “A Feminist Prayer,” printed in a 1975 issue.

WRAC, still on the UIowa campus, recently moved to a new, bigger location. If you would like to tour WRAC, it will be hosting a reception this Friday, July 14th, at 6pm as a part of the Iowa City Feminist Reunion.

 
 
Posted in Events, From the collectionsTagged 25th anniversary, events, feminism, feminist reunion, Iowa City, LGBTQ, Women's Resource and Action Center1 Comment
Jul 11 2017

Celebrating Iowa City’s Feminists

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Anna Holland

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 City in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s.

Festivities over Friday and Saturday will include a gala dinner, a variety of panel discussions, an open house at the Iowa Women’s Archives, and a reception at the Women’s Resource and Action Center. For a full schedule, please visit the event’s site.

Feel free to drop in this Friday and Saturday for the panel discussions in Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library. We hope to see you there!

Posted in Events, IWA Update, UncategorizedTagged 25th anniversary, events, feminist reunion

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