"The Year of the Chicano"
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Mexican American women and children in Davenport carrying signs to protest discriminatory hiring practices at the Oscar Mayer plant: "1970 Year of the Chicano" and "Don't buy Oscar Mayer products, August 1970."
"Ain't I a Woman?" newsletters, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
Women's Liberation Front, Iowa City, Iowa.
August 1970
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YWCA honors Victoria Bata as Woman of the Year
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Blanca Vasquez (second row left), Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1945
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Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1945
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Women Army Corps women, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1945
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1st row: Maria Josephina Gordian; Maria Martinez; Blanca Vasquez Aponte, 2nd row: Felicita Gonzalez Quinones; Lorenza Calderon; Heriberta Casablanca; Adelaida Salgado; Ana Ortiz
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Blanca Vasquez (2nd from left) and Heriberta Casablanca (front), Albia, Iowa, 1945
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Blanca Gaines recognized for her service in the war
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Portrait of Blanca Vasquez, Fort Des Moines, Iowa
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Blanca Vasquez (middle) at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1945
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Mary Terronez candling eggs.
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Mary Terronez candling eggs at the Davenport Produce Company, 1940s.
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