wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Arlene Morris papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0276
Abstract
Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.
Dates:
1946-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
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
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
Verda Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0137
Abstract
Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.
Dates:
1965-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives