wa00016. Latinas and their Families
Record Group
Identifier: wa00016
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Inés García papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0467
Abstract
Mexican American whose family migrated to the U.S., and eventually to Iowa, in the early twentieth century.
Dates:
1916-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Maria Mercedes Aguilera papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0558
Abstract
Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Rock Island, Illinois.
Dates:
1950-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Mary Vasquez Olvera papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract
Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.
Dates:
1923-2003
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Shirley M. Sandage papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0318
Abstract
Mason City, Iowa-born civil rights activist, United States field representative for the Christian Children's Fund and director of program development for the National Organization on Disability.
Dates:
1927-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives