| Date Span: | 1964 |
| Creator: | Goldman, June Parker (1925-) |
| Extent: | 3.00 items. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0227 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Japanese-American woman who was a member of the Know Your Neighbor panel in Des Moines in the 1960s. |
June Parker Goldman is a Japanese-American woman from Forest City, Iowa. She was educated in Kobe, Japan, and in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where she lived with her grandparents during World War II. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1947.
Goldman was a member of the Know Your Neighbor Panel in Des Moines. The Know Your Neighbor Panel consisted of 13 women, mostly housewives, of different races, religions, and beliefs. The goal of the Panel was to "seek out and fight--even in themselves--the prejudice that destroys brotherhood." The Panel has received several awards including the first female Des Moines Ambassadors, the Americanism Award, and an award for distinguished public service in the field of adult education.
Arrangement: One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 313) were donated by June Goldman in 1995.
Preferred Citation: June Parker Goldman papers, 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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