Racism
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Cherry Muhanji papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0366
Abstract
Writer, lesbian activist, and University of Iowa alumna.
Dates:
1984-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Cherry Muhanji papers
Dorothy Schramm papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract
Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.
Dates:
1938-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Dorothy Schramm papers
FBI Investigation of the Lemuel A. Penn Murder Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0507
Abstract
Obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act in 1999, these papers document the FBI's investigation into the murder of Lemuel A. Penn. Ku Klux Klan members who murdered him were the first persons convicted under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dates:
1964-1967
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
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Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Women Against Racism Committee (Iowa City, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0364
Abstract
Multiethnic group founded in 1981 by women from the University of Iowa.
Dates:
1981-1998
Women's Resource and Action Center records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0151
Abstract
Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.
Dates:
1960-2006; 1971-2000
Young Women's Resource Center (Des Moines, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0048
Abstract
This local organization's goal was to, educate, and empower young women in the Greater Des Moines area through counseling and other programs.
Dates:
1979-2003
YWCA of Greater Des Moines records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0167
Abstract
The records are arranged in eight series: Administrative records, Financial records, Publicity, Branches and clubs, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Artifacts, and 1998 Accession.
Dates:
1885-1995