wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Martha Nash papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0235
Abstract
Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.
Dates:
1939-2000
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
YWCA of Greater Des Moines records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0167
Abstract
The records are arranged in eight series: Administrative records, Financial records, Publicity, Branches and clubs, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Artifacts, and 1998 Accession.
Dates:
1885-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives