wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Aldeen Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0279
Abstract
Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.
Dates:
1954-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Barbara Wommack papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0698
Abstract
Clubwoman and member of the Semper Fidelis Club in Davenport, Iowa.
Dates:
1990-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0322
Abstract
Social and philanthropic club organized in 1947 by African American women in Fort Madison, Iowa
Dates:
1947-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Helen Lemme Reading Club records
Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31858073180675]
Identifier: IWA0399
Abstract
African American reading club formed in 1984 by University of Iowa graduate students.
Dates:
1984-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract
Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.
Dates:
1920-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
United Sisters of Black Hawk County records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0315
Abstract
Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.
Dates:
1984-1996
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