| Date Span: | 1993 |
| Creator: | Grow, Esther Mae Christensen (1891-1993) |
| Extent: | 38.00 pages. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0210 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher. |
Esther Mae Christensen Grow was born in 1891 to Andrew and Mary Christensen, two Danish immigrants. She and her eight siblings grew up on several farms in western Iowa and Nebraska. At sixteen, she passed the state teacher's examinations and began teaching in a one-room country school. After four years as a social worker in Chicago and Omaha, Grow returned to Iowa and received her college degree from Iowa State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Iowa). During the time she was a teacher and a principal in an Iowa consolidated high school, Grow married and had four children.
Arrangement: One folder shelved in SCVF.
Access: The memoir is open for research.
Use: Copyright has not been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The memoir (donor no. 292) was donated by Sally Kenney in 1995.
Preferred Citation: Esther Mae Christensen Grow memoir, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
| Curator: | Kären Mason |
| Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
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