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Iowa History 101: “Sincere but Misguided and Dangerous”: Professor George Herron at Iowa College, 1893-1899

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600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about George Herron’s turbulent time at Iowa College (now Grinnell College), where he preached and lectured as a professor of Applied Christianity, doing so a

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Iowa History 101: The Fullest Rights in Iowa: Emma Coger & the Desegregation of Steam Travel on Iowa Waterways

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600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn how the daughter of an enslaved woman successfully fought segregation on steamboats on the Mississippi River.

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Iowa History 101: “They Were Gassed Severely”: Charles Webber Aikins and Winterset in World War I

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600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn of the impact of chemical weapons on Iowan soldiers in World War I by exploring the life of Captain Charles Webber

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