Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Refreshments at 3:30, Program at 4:00.
Celebrate Women’s History Month and learn about the remarkable women who labored as domestic workers from the 1930s to 1950s and were interviewed for the book The Maid Narratives: Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South. The conversation includes 5 historians, social workers, and civil rights activists:
Annie Pearl Stevenson is a civil rights activist and former domestic worker who was interviewed for The Maid Narratives.
Charletta Sudduth, Ed.D., is co-author of The Maid Narratives and Early Childhood Consultant with the Waterloo Community Schools.
David Jackson III, Ph.D., is co-author of The Maid Narratives and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the African American Studies Program at the University of Iowa.
Katherine van Wormer is co-author of The Maid Narratives and Professor Emerita, Department of Social Work, University of Northern Iowa.
Catherine Stewart, Professor, Department of History, Cornell College, is currently an Obermann Fellow-In-Residence, and working on a book, The New Maid: African American Women and Domestic Service During the New Deal.
Sponsored by the Iowa Women's Archive and the Iowa City Public Library
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
Contact Information
Group Name: Iowa Women's Archives
Group Type: Non-profit corporations
Primary Contact Name: Janet Weaver
Primary Contact Phone: (319) 335-5068
Secondary Contact Name: Anna Tunnicliff
Secondary Contact Phone: 319-335-5068
Cosponsor
Cosponsor Organization: Iowa Women's Archives
Cosponsor Name: Janet Weaver
Cosponsor Phone: 319-335-5068
