Winners All: The Experiences of Women in Iowa Sports
Iowa Women's Archives curator Kären Mason will moderate a panel discussion concerning the role of sports in girls' and women's lives and the impact of changing opportunities for participation in organized sport. Panelists will include former director of UI Women's Athletics Christine Grant, UI volleyball coach Sharon Dingman, sports reporter Susan Harman, assistant UI women's basketball coach Jan Jensen, and visiting assistant professor in Health and Sport Studies Christina Johnson. Monday, April 13, 7:00 p.m. at the UI Athletics Hall of Fame and Museum on the corner of Mormon Trek Blvd. and Melrose Avenue. The forum is free and open to the public. Admission to the Hall of Fame and Museum will also be freefrom 6:00-7:00 p.m. on April 13th.
Lecture by Dr. N. Peggy Burke, CLAS Alumni Fellow 2009, sponsored by the Dept. of Health & Sport Studies and the Iowa Women’s Archives. A reception will follow the lecture.
Friday, September 11
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Pomerantz Career Center, Auditorium C20
N. Peggy Burke (Ph.D. ‘65, Physic...more
The Iowa Women’s Archives at The University of Iowa Libraries has been nominated for an Iowa Women’s Foundation 2009 50% Solution Award in the nonprofit category.
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The 50% Solution Awards began in 2006 as a way to recognize and reinforce positive contributions made to open door...more
The State Historical Society of Iowa’s popular “History for Lunch” lecture series continues this month with Janet Weaver, assistant curator of the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa.
History for Lunch will be at noon Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at SHSI’s Cen...more
The Herstory Subcommittee of the Council on the Status of Women & the Iowa Women’s Archives present
A Women’s History Month Reception
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Program begins at 5:15, refreshments served.
Join us in celebration with guest speaker(s) Prof. Linda Ke...more
Almost 1000 historic photographs of University women’s physical education classes – from archery and synchronized swimming to basketball and dance – are now publicly available online. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the University of Iowa Libraries has released the ...more
Mar 28, 2009
Making Women’s History: An Iowa Perspective
Iowa Women's Archives curator Kären Mason will discuss how the Archives gathers the history of Iowa women and will tell the stories of some of the remarkable Iowa women represented there, many of whom were leaders in their communities and beyond. Saturday, March 28, 1:00 PM, at the Fort Des Moines Museum & Education Center, 75 East Army Post Road, Des Moines, Iowa 50315, 1-888-828-FORT (515) 282-8060. Free.
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