wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract
The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.
Dates:
1905-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Sarilda Phillips papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0671
Abstract
Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.
Dates:
1913-1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives