wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Maude Esther White papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract
Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.
Dates:
1957-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives