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Category Archives: IWA
NEW: Three Women for Equality: Christine Grant, Peggy Burke, and Bonnie Slatton Fund
Three trailblazers who led the national effort for gender equality in athletics are being honored through a new fund dedicated to collecting, archiving, and highlighting their achievements and the efforts of other women. The Three Women for Equality: Christine Grant, Peggy Burke, and Bonnie Slatton Fund is made possible by a generous gift from LarkContinue reading “NEW: Three Women for Equality: Christine Grant, Peggy Burke, and Bonnie Slatton Fund”
Emergency access to copyrighted books
Effective immediately and until normal access to physical collections resumes, students, faculty, and staff at the University of Iowa have online access to a large portion of the University Libraries’ print collection—volumes that would have been difficult to access from library facilities that are closed due to COVID-19. Reading access to digitized copies of print volumesContinue reading “Emergency access to copyrighted books”
Pathways to Iowa – Exhibit Opening, Sept 12 at noon
Join Iowa Women’s Archives Curator Kären Mason and faculty members Omar Valerio-Jiménez and Claire Fox for a brown-bag discussion of Iowa women’s history at the opening of the newest exhibit at the UI Main Library. “Pathways to Iowa: Migration Stories from the Iowa Women’s Archives” explores a theme common to many of the collections: migration.Continue reading “Pathways to Iowa – Exhibit Opening, Sept 12 at noon”
Sisters, There’s a Women’s Center in Iowa City!
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Women’s Resource and Action Center with a piece of cake and a lively discussion of the early days of WRAC and the women’s liberation movement in Iowa City. Panelists will include Sondra Smith, Gayle Sand, Sandy Pickup, Jill Jack, with Laurie Haag moderating. Friday, March 23, 20124:00-6:00 p.m.Iowa Women’sContinue reading “Sisters, There’s a Women’s Center in Iowa City!”
Reach for your rights
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring a few of the thousands of artifacts in our Iowa Women’s Archives Digital Collections:
Remember the Triangle Fire, March 25
We will close women’s history month on Friday, March 25th with “In Memoriam: The Triangle Factory Fire 100th Anniversary,” an event to commemorate the 146 young, immigrant garment workers who lost their lives in this tragedy. Friday, March 2512:00 – 1:00 p.m.Second Floor Conference Room (2032), UI Main Library Remarks by Professor of History LindaContinue reading “Remember the Triangle Fire, March 25”
Filmmaker Booth to speak in Iowa Women’s Archives, March 22
Award-winning filmmaker Marlene Booth will present a talk entitled “Tell Me a Story: Making and Learning From Documentary Films” on Tuesday, March 22nd. Born and raised in Des Moines, Booth looks back – with clips from her films – on 35 years of filmmaking as a woman, a feminist, and a dyed-in-the-wool Hawkeye. Iowa Women’sContinue reading “Filmmaker Booth to speak in Iowa Women’s Archives, March 22”
Iowa Women’s Archives Tour, Nov. 4
The University of Iowa Alumni Association’s Lifelong Learning Program is hosting a behind-the-scenes tour of the Iowa Women’s Archives in the UI Main Library starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. Registration is required. Archives curator Kären Mason will give the tour, where participants will examine photos, diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and other items. Mason willContinue reading “Iowa Women’s Archives Tour, Nov. 4”
Celebrate 90 years of “Votes for Women”, Aug 26
August 26, 1920 marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. But the campaign for women’s suffrage began long before that and the story of Iowa women reflects the stories of women across the country. As we celebrate 90 years of equalContinue reading “Celebrate 90 years of “Votes for Women”, Aug 26″