wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Betty Jean Furgerson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract
Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.
Dates:
1921-2010
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Frances Hawthorne papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0473
Abstract
Des Moines educator whose materials include You Can't Go Back to Buxton and African Americans in Iowa: a Chronicle of Contributions, 1830-1992.
Dates:
1906-2000
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
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