Side Trails

• Career Profile: Architect

  This Iowa architect is involved in all phases of a project's development and construction.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1139/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Artist

  These Iowa artists use a wide variety of materials and methods to create works that communicate ideas, thoughts and feelings.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=92

• Career Profile: Athletic Trainer

  Sports and athletes in Iowa benefit from the advice and training provided by athletic trainers.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=124

• Career Profile: Biochemist

  This Iowa biochemist develops ways to genetically transform corn.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1131/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Civil Engineer

  Every time we drive on an interstate highway in Iowa, we see the products of a civil engineer.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1055/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Composer

  This Iowan says she is an actress, songwriter, professional musician, composer and teacher.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=70

• Career Profile: Construction Inspector

  This construction inspector makes judgments about the quality of Iowa's water towers.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1213/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Family Physician

  Many family physicians in Iowa make a lifetime commitment to the health of the people in their communities.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1151/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Field Biologist

  As a fisheries biologist, this Iowan oversees the raising of fish before they are released into Iowa's waterways.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1194/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Hotel Motel Manager

  Finding a place to stay includes bed and breakfast businesses. Find out what it is like to run a B&B in Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=18

• Career Profile: Landscape Architect

  Landscape architects in Iowa are busy in spring, summer and fall.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1052/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Large Animal Veterinarian

  A large animal veterinary in Iowa provides the service of treating animals as well as assisting farmers in making decisions about their livestock.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1163/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Marketing and Communications

  Careers in marketing and communications involve business strategies for Iowa companies' products and services.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=6

• Career Profile: Mold Maker

  Mold makers create molds to be used to mass produce items such as phones, toothbrushes, washing machine parts and more.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1136/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Nurse Anesthetist

  Patients, surgeries, drugs and quick decisions are all part of this nurse anesthetist's daily work in Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/enhanced/1038/ec_careerhome.cfm

• Career Profile: Pharmacist

  Pharmacists in Iowa dispense drugs and medicine prescribed by doctors and advise people on the use of medicines.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=155

• Career Profile: Postal Mail Carrier

  These postal mail carriers deliver letters and packages to today's communities in Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org/occ_detail.cfm?occid=173

• Career Profiles of Iowans

  Find a career to fit your interest right here in Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, School to Careers

  http://www.careers.iptv.org

• Caroline Trumpold, Amana Quilter and Cook

  Caroline Trumpold, a skilled cook and a song mistress in her church, is a master quilter in the Amana tradition.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

  http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/season-two/caroline-trumpold.shtml

• Carrie Chapman Catt Biography

  Key coordinator of the woman suffrage movement and skillful political strategist, Carrie (Lane) Chapman Catt played a leading role in the campaign to win voting rights for women.

  Source: Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home Restoration Project, The National 19th Amendment Society

  http://www.catt.org/ccabout.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt: A 1929 Recording About Suffrage

  Hear a 1929 recording of Carrie Chapman Catt on the world suffrage movement (requires RealPlayer).

  Source: H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University. Requires RealPlayer.

  http://www.expo98.msu.edu/sounds/catt.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt: A Petition to U.S. Congress

  Read a petition from Carrie Chapman Catt to the U.S. Congress.

  Source: National Archives and Records Administration

  http://www.catt.org/ccabout3-c.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt: Her FBI Files

  The FBI kept a close eye on Carrie Chapman Catt for her world peace activism.

  Source: Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home Restoration Project, National 19th Amendment Society

  http://www.catt.org/ccabout4.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt: Portraits

  Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt portrait gallery.

  Source: Wisconsin Electronic Reader

  http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Galleries/Catt.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt's Home in Charles City

  A classic example of Victorian architecture and utilitarian design, the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home is located about three miles southeast of Charles City.

  Source: Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home Restoration Project, The National 19th Amendment Society

  http://www.catt.org/ccabout2.html

• Carrie Chapman Catt's Photo Albums

  View the photograph albums of Carrie Chapman Catt's experiences (includes original order of images and captions).

  Source: Bryn Mawr College Library

  http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fsuffragists

• Cedar Rapids Mosque

  Learn about the history of Islam in Iowa and see pictures of the first mosque in North America in Cedar Rapids.

  Source:

  http://www.crmosque.com/history_of_islam_in_iowa.htm

• Child in Need of Assistance

  In Iowa there are 16 legal reasons in which a child, under the age of 18, can be judged to be a child in need of assistance.

  Source: State of Iowa, Judicial Branch

  http://www.iowacourts.gov/Representing_Yourself/Juvenile_Court/Child_in_Need_of_Assistance/

• Child Labor

  The National Child Labor Committee campaigned for tougher state and federal laws against industrial child labor.

  Source: Library of Congress, Memory Gallery

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm032.html

• Child Labor and Child Labor Reform in American History

  This is a story told by the National Child Labor Committee to persuade Americans to support the regulation and elimination of child labor.

  Source: Ohio State University

  http://history.osu.edu/Projects/ChildLabor/default.html

• Child Labor in America 1908-1912

  In rural communities where child labor on the farm was common, employment of children in mills and factories did not arouse much concern.

  Source: The History Place

  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

• Christian Petersen, Sculptor, 1885-1961

  Christian Petersen was the first sculptor-in-residence at Iowa State University.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41228008/1001/NEWS

• Civil Rights Act (1964)

  In 1964 President Johnson signed into law prohibiting discrimination in public places and made employment discrimination illegal.

  Source: OurDocuments.gov, a cooperative effort of National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps

  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97

• Civil War and African-Americans

  African Americans played many roles during the Civil War in Iowa and nationwide.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/aacivil.html

• Civil War Letters

  Dear Sister Emma - Read Civil War letters from a soldier of the Union Army from images of the actual letters.

  Source: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

  http://hoover.archives.gov/students/dearemma/letenv.html