wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cecile Cooper papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Edna Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Dates:
1948-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Olabelle Reed papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0343
Abstract
Arrangement
Teacher, community activist, and co-founder of Club Les Dames, an African American women's club in Waterloo.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1935-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Virginia Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0199
Abstract
One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.
Dates:
1940-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives