wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Archie L. Greene papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0296
Abstract
Writer and volunteer who earned a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa while living with spinocerebellar degeneration.
Dates:
1963-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Archie L. Greene papers
E. Marie Hawkins papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0333
Abstract
Iowa City elementary school teacher.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF; one videocassette [V133] shelved in videocassette collection.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF; one videocassette [V133] shelved in videocassette collection.
Dates:
1991-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
E. Marie Hawkins papers
Esther J. Walls papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0288
Abstract
Mason City, Iowa native and librarian who was the first African-American female student at University of Iowa elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Dates:
1860-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Esther J. Walls papers
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
/
Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Jane Burleson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0340
Abstract
Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.
Dates:
1956-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Jane Burleson papers
Lileah Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0256
Abstract
Professional volunteer active in several arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations in Cedar Rapids.
Dates:
1961-2014
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Lileah Harris papers
Lois H. Eichacker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0255
Abstract
Fort Madison civic leader and former president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board.
Dates:
1905-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Lois H. Eichacker papers
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
/
Martha Nash papers
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0159
Abstract
Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.
Dates:
1977-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers