Repository Highlight: Susan Bulkeley Butler Women’s Archives

Purdue UniversityLafayette, IN The Susan Bulkeley Butler Women’s Archives, part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, collects, preserves, and makes available for research original and rare materials that capture the often overlooked and under-represented stories of women and their communities in Purdue and Indiana’s past. Prior to the founding of the Women’s Archives,

WCS Midterm Election: Ballot Now Open!

Meet your candidates for Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect and vote! Deadline to vote: Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 *If you are not seeing the invitation email, please make sure to check your spam/junk folder.* *Please note that every voter is given a unique link to the ballot, so they should not be shared with others.*

Collection Highlight: Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers

Iowa Women’s ArchivesIowa City, Iowa 2020 marked the 90th birthday of Nancy Drew, arguably the most famous girl detective in literature. At the Iowa Women’s Archives in Iowa City, Iowa, we had a corresponding uptick in reference questions. What connects Nancy Drew to Iowa, you might ask? The Mildred Wirt Benson papers! Mildred Wirt Benson