wa00016. Latinas and their Families
Record Group
Identifier: wa00016
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Maria Cano Martinez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0537
Abstract
Maria Cano came to Iowa from Guanajuato, Mexico, with her parents in 1928. She established a Spanish language interpreter program at the University of Iowa Hospitals in 1975.
Dates:
1975-2017
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Marta Werner papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0361
Abstract
Native of Mexico who came to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1914. Her community activism centered on the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.
Dates:
1892-1989
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Muscatine Migrant Committee records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract
Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.
Dates:
1962-2005
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