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| Creator: | Wolfe, Zelda Babcock (1901-1995) |
| Extent: | 1.00 item. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0239 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher. |
Zelda Babcock was born just south of Farnhamville, Iowa, in 1901. After graduating from high school, Babcock received a four-year scholarship to the college of her choice. She attended the State University of Iowa, (now the University of Iowa), in Iowa City, Iowa. She left the university when her parents could no longer help her with expenses and began her teaching career at a school six miles from town. Soon after she started teaching, Babcock married Ralph Wolfe. In 1929, they moved to Riceville, Iowa, where Wolfe found a job at Pleasant Hill School and continued to teach. She stopped teaching for seventeen years to raise her children, but returned to work for a time to help earn money for the family.
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. 331) were donated by Charles Wolfe in 1995.
Preferred Citation: Zelda Babcock Wolfe 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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