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![African American Cavalry in World War I Built in 1901 and dedicated as a cavalry post in 1909, Fort Des Moines became the designated federal training camp for Black officers […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/aa-cavalry-I-115x115.jpg "African American Cavalry in World War I")
African American Cavalry in World War I
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsAfrican American Cavalry in World War I Built in 1901 and dedicated as a cavalry post in 1909, Fort Des Moines became the designated federal training camp for Black officers […] -
African American Cavalryman
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsAfrican American Cavalryman This photograph is of an unidentified African American soldier in uniform with a holstered handgun riding a horse, 1917-18. -
![Women’s Riding c. 1900: “The Delights of Life” “. . . it is of all the exercises the one best adapted to keep them in condition, to restore the glow […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/IMG_0016-115x115.jpg "Women’s Riding c. 1900: “The Delights of Life”")
Women’s Riding c. 1900: “The Delights of Life”
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Riding c. 1900: “The Delights of Life” “. . . it is of all the exercises the one best adapted to keep them in condition, to restore the glow […] -
![Women’s Riding c. 1900: Fundamental Unpredictability The horsepowered economy thrived because of horses’ general trainability and obedience to human exploitation of their enormous strength and athleticism, but equines remained fundamentally […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/IMG_0015-115x115.jpg "Women’s Riding c. 1900: Fundamental Unpredictability")
Women’s Riding c. 1900: Fundamental Unpredictability
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Riding c. 1900: Fundamental Unpredictability The horsepowered economy thrived because of horses’ general trainability and obedience to human exploitation of their enormous strength and athleticism, but equines remained fundamentally […] -
![Women’s Riding c. 1900: Central Park The opening and expansion of Central Park from 1859 to 1876 prompted major growth in the use of horses in Manhattan for leisure activities […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/IMG_0014-115x115.jpg "Women’s Riding c. 1900: Central Park")
Women’s Riding c. 1900: Central Park
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Riding c. 1900: Central Park The opening and expansion of Central Park from 1859 to 1876 prompted major growth in the use of horses in Manhattan for leisure activities […] -
![Women’s Riding c. 1900: Horse Show Week in New York City The 1883 founding of the annual National Horse Show, which ran for a week in October-November at Madison Square […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/IMG_0013-115x115.jpg "Women’s Riding c. 1900: Horse Show Week in New York City")
Women’s Riding c. 1900: Horse Show Week in New York City
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Riding c. 1900: Horse Show Week in New York City The 1883 founding of the annual National Horse Show, which ran for a week in October-November at Madison Square […] -
Women’s Riding c. 1900: Sitting Sidesaddle
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Riding c. 1900: Sitting Sidesaddle Designed to prevent women from spreading their legs over the horse, sidesaddle supposedly preserved female chastity. -
Iron Jawed Angel
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsIron Jawed Angel Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886-1916) became the iconic Iron Jawed Angel on Horseback. -
Horses and Women March for Suffrage, Part II
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsHorses and Women March for Suffrage, Part II These panels continue sharing photographs of women and their horses participating in suffrage activities. -
![Women’s Suffrage: Iowa Women Speak Out Green AYP Woman Suffrage Day 1909 ribbon Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission Records, Iowa Women’s Archives Horse bit Marra Collection “Woman Suffrage Co-Equal With Man […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/05/IMG_0036-115x115.jpg "Women’s Suffrage: Iowa Women Speak Out")
Women’s Suffrage: Iowa Women Speak Out
Posted on May 15, 2020 | No CommentsWomen’s Suffrage: Iowa Women Speak Out Green AYP Woman Suffrage Day 1909 ribbon Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission Records, Iowa Women’s Archives Horse bit Marra Collection “Woman Suffrage Co-Equal With Man […]