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IWA Diversity & Social Justice Collections: Records of Clubs and Organizations

Records of Clubs and Organizations

BOOSTER WOMEN’S CLUB (FT. MADISON)

Social and philanthropic club organized by African American women in Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1947 and disbanded in 1998.

 

HELEN LEMME READING CLUB (IOWA CITY)

African American reading club formed in 1984 by University of Iowa graduate students.

 

IOWA FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN’S CLUBS

An umbrella organization serving African American women's clubs in Iowa, affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women. The motto of IFCWC was "Sowing Seeds of Kindness.”

 

IOWA FEDERATION HOME, OPERATED BY IOWA FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN’S CLUBS (Printed Material, Iowa Women’s Archives). Pamphlet, 1929.

Founded by the Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1919 to house African American female students at the University of Iowa.

 

SEMPER FIDELIS CLUB (DAVENPORT)

Includes an article about the history of the Iowa Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc, which the Semper Fidelis Club was affiliated with.

 

UNITED SISTERS OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY

Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.

 

YWCA OF GREATER DES MOINES

Local chapter affiliated with the National YWCA in 1896. Includes records of the Blue Triangle, the chapter’s African American branch from 1919-1947.