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From: Bill Friedricks [mailto:bill.friedricks@simpson.edu]
List Editor: "Dean, Thomas K" <thomas-k-dean@UIOWA.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Iowa History Center award announcement: Iowa History Center gives outstanding thesis award
Author's Subject: Iowa History Center award announcement: Iowa History Center gives outstanding thesis award
Date Written: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:21:54 -0600
Date Posted: Tue, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:54 -0500

Below is the announcement of the first winner of our prize for the
outstanding master's thesis in Iowa history.

Thank you,

Bill Friedricks



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Iowa History Center gives outstanding thesis award



INDIANOLA, Iowa - The Iowa History Center at Simpson College has
announced the first recipient of the Center's award for outstanding
master's thesis in Iowa history.



Sara Egge received the award for her thesis, "The Grassroots Diffusion
of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Iowa: the IESA, Rural Women and the
Right to Vote."



Egge, now a doctoral student at Iowa State University, completed her
master's in history through the Agricultural History and Rural Studies
Program at Iowa State in May 2009.



Her thesis examined the woman suffrage movement from the perspective of
rural Iowa women. Though many individuals have studied the woman
suffrage movement, Egge's thesis is unique because few scholars have
examined the grassroots efforts of women in rural communities.

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