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Printed in blue ink on white paper. Single sheet folded once. 4 pages. No pagination. Contains description of Ms. Wright’s credentials, accomplishments, and goals. Her bid for election was successful, and Ms. Wright became the second Black person to serve on the Waterloo City Council. Willie Mae Wright was born in Goodman, Mississippi in 1932 and moved to Waterloo in 1955. She represented Waterloo’s Fourth and Sixth Wards on the City Council from 1982 to 1991. She is an active community member, having served in leadership positions in the Waterloo Women’s Civic Club, the Black Hawk County NAACP, the Boy Scouts of America, School PTAs, The Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center, the Black Hawk-Bremer League of Women Voters, and many others.
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Title:
Elect Willie Mae Wright Handbill For Waterloo City Council Fourth Ward, 1982
Date Created:
1982
Time Period:
1980s
Description:
Printed in blue ink on white paper. Single sheet folded once. 4 pages. No pagination. Contains description of Ms. Wright’s credentials, accomplishments, and goals. Her bid for election was successful, and Ms. Wright became the second Black person to serve on the Waterloo City Council. Willie Mae Wright was born in Goodman, Mississippi in 1932 and moved to Waterloo in 1955. She represented Waterloo’s Fourth and Sixth Wards on the City Council from 1982 to 1991. She is an active community member, having served in leadership positions in the Waterloo Women’s Civic Club, the Black Hawk County NAACP, the Boy Scouts of America, School PTAs, The Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center, the Black Hawk-Bremer League of Women Voters, and many others.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American politicians African Americans--Politics and government African American women African American women political activists
Subject (Person):
Wright, Willie Mae
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
eng
Source:
Grout Museum District African American Politics Collection
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
3 pages
Genre:
handbills
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd1991041011001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9sx64h9r
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Elect Willie Mae Wright Handbill For Waterloo City Council Fourth Ward, 1982", Grout Museum District, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9sx64h9r
Rights
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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