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Monday, May 27, 2013
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Cool Resource: Widows’ Pension Records
One hundred years ago, there weren’t a lot of options for widowed mothers who needed help caring for their children. In Iowa and parts of Illinois, if a judge felt that the mother could not provide for her family, the … Continue reading
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Celebrate Bird Day – it’s the law!
On April 20, 1923, The 40th General Assembly of the State of Iowa enacted the observance of a new holiday: Bird Day. It was an act to designate and set apart the twenty-first day of March as a day for … Continue reading