Records of the United Sisters of Black Hawk County, 1984-1996.

United Teens of Black Hawk County (Iowa).

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Networking Together, Inc. (U.S.)

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Hawkins, Almo.

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Buls, Essie Johnson.

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United Sisters of Black Hawk County (Iowa).

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The United Sisters of Black Hawk County (United Sisters) is an Iowa women's networking organization for women of color that was established in 1987. The organization seeks to uplift the status of women of color of all ages in the areas of economic, employment, educational, cultural and networking development. The United Sisters sponsor workshops, forums and special events. Examples of sponsored events include an all-male fashion show, a Miss Black Hawk Scholarship Pagean...

Young Women's Christian Association of Black Hawk County.

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Lloyd, Billie, 1940-1991.

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Prominent Davenport, Iowa social worker and community activist. Born in Centerville, Iowa in 1940, Lloyd moved with her family in 1948 to Muscatine, graduating from high school in 1958. She received an associate degree in human services from Muscatine Community College in 1963. Moving to Davenport, she received a degree in social work from Marycrest College in 1973. During this period Lloyd also raised a family of six children as a single parent on ADC. From 1973 to 1988...

Dickens, Mary, 1925-

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African-American community activist and poet; resident of Waterloo, Iowa. Before moving to Waterloo, Mary Dickens lived in Chicago where she organized community residents and worked with Mayor Richard Daley to build a swimming pool for their neighborhood. In Waterloo she volunteers at nursing homes and has been active in Habitat for Humanity, Operation Threshold, Young Women's Christian Association, Waterloo Women's Civic Club, National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo...

Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-.

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Ruth Bluford Anderson, social worker and professor, was born to Roy and Joy Blocker Bluford on October 28, 1921 in Braden, Oklahoma. After her parents' divorce in 1933, Anderson's mother was forced to rely on public assistance. Anderson attributed her desire to become a public servant to this experience. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and her M.A. in social work from Columbia University. After her divorce from Everett McKinnis in 1959...