This photo features the five undergraduate women who integrated Currier Residence Hall in 1946: Virginia Harper, Esther Walls, Nancy Henry, Gwen Davis, Leanne Howard, and Pat Smith. Their story lives on in the Iowa Women’s Archives and in Currier, where a mural commemorates their achievements at the university and beyond. We are especially fortunate toContinue reading “This photo contains Hawkeye history—now, Virginia Eichacker reflects on her aunt’s impact”