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News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics

CATEGORIES: September 2014, Voices

Brandlin to receive Catt Public Engagement Award

Judith Goetsch Brandlin of Los Angeles will receive the 2014 Carrie Chapman Catt Public Engagement Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for her work in providing quality and affordable after-school care for children throughout California. A 1964 graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in modern languages, Brandlin is the founder … Continue reading Brandlin to receive Catt Public Engagement Award

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July 2014

2014 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 26. Two lecturers to join leadership faculty. Catt letters find home at Iowa State library. Bystrom receives LAS Institutional Service Award Hennings to join Morningside College faculty Catt Center interns help with research, outreach Wisconsin students’ research on Catt wins awards Of note: news about center students, faculty … Continue reading July 2014

CATEGORIES: July 2014, Voices

Of note: news about center students, faculty and staff

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its students and staff: Shreya Bhardwaj, a senior in economics and women’s studies and an Elizabeth Hoffman and Brian R. Binger Legacy of Heroines scholar for the 2014-2015 academic year; Janet Horsager, the Beth Bierbaum Legacy of … Continue reading Of note: news about center students, faculty and staff

CATEGORIES: July 2014, Voices

Wisconsin students’ research on Catt wins awards

Two Wisconsin eighth-graders chose Carrie Chapman Catt for their middle school’s History Day project, and after months of local, state and regional competitions, advanced to the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C. Last January, Allison Cotton, Lexie Higgins and Allison’s mother Linda (Mendenhall) Cotton, a 1983 graduate of Iowa State University, embarked on a … Continue reading Wisconsin students’ research on Catt wins awards

CATEGORIES: July 2014, Voices

Catt Center interns help with research, outreach programs

Two undergraduate students and one graduate assistant have been hired this summer to assist with research projects at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics as well as with two new partnerships between the center and Iowa organizations. Megan DeDoncker, a senior in political science and women’s studies, is analyzing data from the … Continue reading Catt Center interns help with research, outreach programs

CATEGORIES: July 2014, Voices

Hennings to join Morningside College faculty

Valerie Hennings, who has served as scholar-in-residence at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics since the fall 2011 semester, will join Morningside College in August as an assistant professor of political science. Hennings, who earned a Ph.D. in political science in 2011 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be affiliated with Morningside’s … Continue reading Hennings to join Morningside College faculty

CATEGORIES: July 2014, Voices

Letters from Catt find home at Iowa State library

The Catt Center recently helped facilitate the purchase of a collection of personal correspondence between Carrie Chapman Catt, her nieces and several family friends. The letters, which date from the early to mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, were originally purchased at an estate sale by Joe and Tracy Conway of Clovis, Calif. The Conways were interested … Continue reading Letters from Catt find home at Iowa State library