Join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series that focuses on the past lives of Iowans to help commemorate the 175th anniversary of Iowa. The Iowa History 101 webinars share Iowa stories and the history of the state through a cultural history lens on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Register for an upcoming program or watch a recorded presentation. Registration is required for each event. View past programs here.
Iowa History 101 Series
Watch the latest Iowa History 101 program:
Iowa History 101 Series: We Learned to do the Things That Rural Women Did: Extension Homemakers Clubs in Iowa, 1920 - 1960
Upcoming Programs
All Iowa History 101 programs are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on the date of the presentation.
| Date | Program Title (Click the link to register) | Presenter |
| September 23 | When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s | Pamela Riney-Kehrberg |
| October 14 | Iowa in the Jazz Age | Leo Landis |
| October 28 | The Poison Garden | Molly Wood |
| November 4 | "We Came Home Together:" Black Civil War Veterans and Community Building in Iowa | Dwain Coleman |
| December 9 | Hollywood & Iowa: "It's A Wonderful Life" | Leo Landis and Christopher W. Wilson |
