The HistoryMakers video oral history with Iola McGowan.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 5 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.105
Subjects

Other author/creatorMcGowan, Iola, 1936-2012, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Iola McGowan
Portion of title Iola McGowan
Abstract City government appointee Iola McGowan was born September 8, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. McGowan graduated from Farragut High School in 1954. She earned her B.A. degree in inner-city studies from Northeastern Illinois University in 1980. McGowan started at the precinct level of the Democratic Party to become the director of consumer services for the city of Chicago under Mayor Jane Byrne. McGowan served as commissioner and vice president of the Chicago Park District and vice chairman of the Illinois State Democratic Party. She was a member of the National Organization of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Chicago Council on Fine Arts City Arts Panel and Community Development Program for the Austin Area, and the Chicago Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. McGowan was a valued consultant and activist in the Austin community. McGowan passed away on May 25, 2012 at age 75.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 July 11.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2002.105 HistoryMakers

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