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Title: Woman's Profile
Description: A headshot of a woman in profile. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.34, slide 8.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20534

Title: Women's quadrangle, Woman's [sic] quadrangle and Mears Cottage, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north from Sixth Avenue. The Women's Quadrangle was built in 1915, with a combined cost of about $1 million for the quadrangle, and the men's halls in 1916-17. 1948 postmark. Number B-85.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:13594

Title: Women and girl, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Portrait of two women (one woman's name is Alice and other woman's name is Mary) and a girl standing behind a fence and in front of a house. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14188

Title: Women holding up fists
Description: Women wearing dresses with two fists held up, walking in a line.
Date Created: 2018
PID: grinnell:28045

Title: Women of the Revolution
Description: The story of the Haitian Revolution is steered by powerful characters such as Toussaint L'Ouverture, Henri Christophe, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, military commanders and monarchs who facilitated the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution. However, these men were not the only people involved in the dramatic uprising. Haitian women, too, played a large role in the rebellion, and this block honors the female freedom fighters who often go unnoticed in modern tellings of the story. In the lower center of the block the artist has placed a Haitian ten gourd banknote, featuring sergeant and lieutenant Sanité Bélair who fought bravely under the command of Toussaint LOuverture. To her left is a depiction of Marie-Jeanne Lamartiniére, a Haitian soldier who fought in male uniform and is said to have greatly boosted the spirits of her male counterparts with her invigorating bravery. On the right hand side of the block we see an image of Cécile Fatiman, a mambo (Vodou priestess) said to have participated in the Vodou ritual at Bwa Kayiman, a ceremony during which the first slave insurrection was planned. Although these women, and others like them, have not made it into many history books, this block honors the sacrifices they made for the freedom of their people and country.
Date Created: 2017
PID: grinnell:25518