wa00003. African American Women
Record Group
Identifier: wa00003
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sarilda Phillips papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0671
Abstract
Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.
Dates:
1913-1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Virginia Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0199
Abstract
One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.
Dates:
1940-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives