As time moves on, everybody tries to keep up with the clothing trends of their time. Pictured here is a young female standing outside a building in Oskaloosa, Iowa wearing the trendy clothing of her day around 1910.
From the middle of the 19th to the early 20th Centuries, women were organizing and discussing topics ranging from abolition to temperance. Literature was another topic many women enjoyed meeting together to discuss. Pictured here is Bernice Lacey,…
During pioneer days in the Midwest, women held very important responsibilities to see to it that her spouse and children were cared for. The phrase, a woman's work is never done, certainly holds true, especially during this time period. In this…
Old Main, Domestic Science Laboratory, Cooking Class, each girl has her own desk including a gas plate, drawer and cupboard, and various cooking utensils, there are large gas ranges for baking, during the summer a dining room is to be furnished in a…
Old Main, interior image, Physical and Chemical Laboratories, it was the policy "of the department to add each year some first class pieces of apparatus, believing that by this means an excellent working laboratory can be built up.
Old Main, interior image of the Biological Laboratory, on the back is written, Emily's sophomore Biology Class - Prof. Meek, 1909, Penn College, She had charge of the class often times - most often the lab. Female students were able to take all of…
Zoology Class in the Old Main Laboratory, dissecting cats, Mahlon Kirk Teacher, Elmer Jones, Will Terrill, Corwin Oneal, Loren Morgan, Harly Carver, harry Hayes, Bernice Lacy, Charlie George, Ashby, Luella Woodward, Albert Watland, Olive Floger,…
Old Main, Science Class, the students are wearing lab smocks, female students were always able to take the same courses as the male students at Penn College.
Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically building influenced by Prairie School of Architecture, constructed 1916-1917. The Formal Lounge is in the Margaret Fell cottage. The room has the original plaster cast ceiling and walls in addition to oak…
