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”
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Piñatas of Christmas Past
By Vitalina Nova, Preservation Projects Librarian Season’s greetings from the Iowa Women’s Archives! This is the time of treats and parties. Seen below are photographs of children in the 1960s – partaking of all the joys of holiday parties. These images come from the Iowa Women’s Archives LULAC (League of United Latino American Citizens) Council 10Continue reading “Piñatas of Christmas Past”
LULAC Christmas party, early 1960’s
Women’s History Wednesday: As part of its project to document the history of Iowa Latinas and their families, the Iowa Women’s Archives preserves and makes accessible the records of the LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Council 10 of Davenport, Iowa. Mexicans arrived in Iowa as early as the 1880s, and by theContinue reading “LULAC Christmas party, early 1960’s”
About our exhibition “Pathways to Iowa”
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Iowa Women’s Archives, we have mounted an exhibit in the North Exhibition Hall of the University of Iowa’s Main Library. The inspiration for this exhibit came from the many visits made to the archives by families and friends of donors. Earlier this year, Sam Becker broughtContinue reading “About our exhibition “Pathways to Iowa””