Muscatine Women of Influence and Inspiration

Muscatine Mayor Dick O’Brien declared January 14, 2001, Aldeen Davis Day to celebrate one of the city’s leading African American citizens. Aldeen has been...

Anna Opel had a prolific presence in the garden world and in Muscatine for over 40 years, from the mid 1930’s until her death...

Willetta Strahan, who came to Muscatine in 1929 to become the first dean of the new junior college, had a passion for learning, and...

The story of the Braunwarth sisters is the tale of a truly remarkable family that once occupied retail space at 112 East Second Street...

Muscatine first became rich due to lumber. Benjamin Hershey was one of the original lumber barons. He added to his bank account by acquiring...

Who was Susan Clark? When the Muscatine school board renamed the combined middle schools for her in 2019, many residents said they had never...

Muscatine Women of Influence and Inspiration work to celebrate the contributions women in Muscatine have made to the community, and women gaining the right to vote 100 years ago in 1920. Muscatine Women of Influence and Inspiration will publish one article on exceptional local women each month throughout 2020. Jean Clark, Kristine Conlon, Cindi Kautz, Jacque McCoy, Sharon Savage, and Mary Wildermuth, along with support from the community, have organized this project.