Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
The Blue Triangle Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association of Des Moines was founded in 1919 to offer segregated programs for the African-American community. In 1947 it merged with the main branch of the YWCA as part of a nationwide...
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female; Women soldiers -- Iowa -- Fort Des Moines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
Image of a Negro WAAC and soldier being served a drink by a member of the YWCA accompanies article.
"'An evening of tribute & dedication' The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa, Aug. 9, 1983, Mrs. Anna Cochrane Lomas, Red Oak, Iowa"--Verso.