Efforts Continue To Rename Parks And Counties With Problematic Namesakes
Talk of Iowa
English - October 09, 2020 14:07 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On this episode of Talk of Iowa, a look at the decision to change the namesake of Johnson County to honor Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to receive a doctorate in Iowa. Also, efforts to rename a park in Linn County to honor Adeline Wanatee, the second Meskwaki woman inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame.