Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Blazes Trails Working for the Railroad

“My advice to women who wish to rise in the railway field would be to miss no opportunity to learn. Such opportunities must be more than welcomed, they must be

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 7 Jul 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Blazes Trails Working for the Railroad

Typewriter Created by Iowan Receives Rave Reviews at 1893 Chicago World Fair

Some called it the fastest and best typewriting machine in the world. It was destined to revolutionize the business world. What was this marvelous invention that everyone was talking about

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 30 Jun 2018

Typewriter Created by Iowan Receives Rave Reviews at 1893 Chicago World Fair

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

“Own your own victory garden and four room house,” a Davenport realtor suggested to buyers in a local newspaper ad in spring 1942. All over the state businesses used the

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 23 Jun 2018

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

1920's Iowa Senator Gains Notoriety for Rejecting Political Dress Code

“He represents the backbone of genuine men of Iowa; we are people who raise corn that makes hogs. I’m surprised the senator doesn’t go to Washington with overalls

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 16 Jun 2018

1920's Iowa Senator Gains Notoriety for Rejecting Political Dress Code

Iowa Woman Tours Europe, Writes Eye-Witness Accounts of First World War

“…the sea was so rough that we all agreed to go down with the ship rather than try to freelance it with a lifeboat.,” Bernice Brown jokingly wrote about her

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 9 Jun 2018

Iowa Woman Tours Europe, Writes Eye-Witness Accounts of First World War

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Goes from Cattle Buyer to Vaudeville Performer

How many Iowa women could claim they had made a living as a cattle buyer and vaudeville performer in the 1900s? At least one—Ollie Northlane. Northlane was described as

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 2 Jun 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Goes from Cattle Buyer to Vaudeville Performer

Noted Twentieth Century Geologist Always Talked About Iowa's Revealing Fossil Beds

“Fossils are the remains or traces of animals which lived in past ages of the earth. They show not only the types of life in those periods, but something about the conditions under which they lived,” noted geologist and Iowa native Carroll Lane Fenton explained.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 26 May 2018

Noted Twentieth Century Geologist Always Talked About Iowa's Revealing Fossil Beds

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Explores Brazilian Jungle

“An eerie feeling came over me. Suddenly a piercing scream of a dying animal was heard. What it was we did not learn,” Elizabeth Steen, a Knoxville native, told a

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 19 May 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Explores Brazilian Jungle

World War I: Iowa Woman Received Recognition For Service As Nurse

“I shudder to think what the economic condition of the country and of all other countries involved will be when this awful war is over.” Iowa History, a weekly column,

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 12 May 2018

World War I: Iowa Woman Received Recognition For Service As Nurse

Female Mayor Cleans Up Iowa City in 1922

“Woman Mayor Refuses to Sign Big Contract Before Investigating” The headline in Albia’s Daily Times newspaper must have caught the attention of readers in 1922. A woman mayor? And

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 5 May 2018

Female Mayor Cleans Up Iowa City in 1922

Best Breadmaker In Iowa Award, 1912, Goes To 11-Year-Old Girl

“Lois is such a little girl that she had to get on her knees on the stool in the cooking laboratory in order to knead her bread,” an official from

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 28 Apr 2018

Best Breadmaker In Iowa Award, 1912, Goes To 11-Year-Old Girl

Iowa Doctor Embroiled In Early Twentieth Century Austrian Radium Smuggling Case

A graduate of the University of Iowa in the class of 1888, D. Powell Johnson had made a name for himself in the medical world in the United States and Europe.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 21 Apr 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Blazes Trails Working for the Railroad

Typewriter Created by Iowan Receives Rave Reviews at 1893 Chicago World Fair

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

1920's Iowa Senator Gains Notoriety for Rejecting Political Dress Code

Iowa Woman Tours Europe, Writes Eye-Witness Accounts of First World War

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Goes from Cattle Buyer to Vaudeville Performer

Noted Twentieth Century Geologist Always Talked About Iowa's Revealing Fossil Beds

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Woman Explores Brazilian Jungle

World War I: Iowa Woman Received Recognition For Service As Nurse

Female Mayor Cleans Up Iowa City in 1922

Best Breadmaker In Iowa Award, 1912, Goes To 11-Year-Old Girl

Iowa Doctor Embroiled In Early Twentieth Century Austrian Radium Smuggling Case

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