Bridging the Generations: the Lives and Contributions of Rural Iowa Women records

Collection

Identifier: IWA0589

Staff Only

This collection includes a brief history of the creation of the exhibit, letters supporting a grant application to the Iowa Humanities Board, the video, "Celebrating Farm Homemaking," photographs of the travelling exhibit, and a teaching packet for using the exhibit with school groups.

Dates

1992-1999

Creator

Master Farm Homemakers Guild (Iowa) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The records are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

1.00 linear inch

1 videocassette [V202] other_unmapped

Additional Description

Abstract

This exhibit was created by the Master Farm Homemakers Guild to publicize their history in Iowa.

Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Biographical / Historical

The non-profit Master Farm Homemakers Guild is an honorary association of approximately 160 farm women who have demonstrated noteworthy leadership and community involvement. Wallace's Farmer inducts four women annually from a pool of women nominated by community groups across the state. The Guild celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1992 by creating a video "Celebrating Farm Homemaking." In the spring of 1996, they determined to expand their efforts to publicize the history of the Master Farm Homemakers in Iowa. With a grant from the Iowa Humanities Board, they created a travelling exhibit of photographs, biographies and history of selected farm homemakers through the last century. This exhibit, entitled "Bridging the Generations: The Lives and Contributions of Rural Iowa Women," will be on display in various towns across the state in the coming years.