• Collection: Women and German Iowa
Orabutt, Scapegoats slackers and spies- the portrayal of Germany Germans.pdf

This dissertation brings light to some of the Anti-Germanism that was rampant in Iowa during World War I. The dissertation focuses on Iowan newspapers that included some Anti-German language in its reporting. The dissertation also explains in part…
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German professor, Melchert, going to continue speaking German.
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A "simple farmer's wife" encodes her dreams and ships it off "to the government."
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Representative of War Mothers of America wonders whether there is yet a law against German.
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Noting Charles City large pro-German contingent, as well as the fact that many are "moneyed men," which enables and protects them. Also including story of German man beating his wife for wanting to "be an American."
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