More than 50 years before number 22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes was amazing basketball fans and creating new ones, number 55 on the girls basketball team of Union-Whitten High School in Harden County was doing the same. The six-on-six era of girls basketball in Iowa had a lot of dynamic players and high scorers, but […]
Women’s History Month
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Photos: Monuments to women’s history in Des Moines
This Women’s History Month, Little Village explored some of the DSM spots dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the city. Photos by Britt Fowler Evelyn K. Davis Center For Working Families Evelyn Davis (1921-2001) supported working families in Des Moines by providing affordable childcare for 23 years. She was an advocate for families, […]
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Dreamwell theater artists inspire in Women’s History Month
Even in contemporary theater, a cast led by a majority of women doesn’t happen all that often. A creative team led solely by women? It’s a rarity. A theater board made up of women that call all the shots—now that’s pretty much unheard of.
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Equity at Iowa shines light on UI’s gender stories and disparities
Each day during the month of March, a new website out of the University of Iowa will shine light, in part, on a fact of women’s history that persists into the present: the disparities faced by women in the workplace. The Equity at Iowa project takes data from the Iowa State Employee Salary Book, which […]
