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Liffring-Zug's lens maps race and women in Iowa history
Joan Liffring-Zug, a Cedar Rapids born photojournalist, recounts her decades of work documenting women’s roles and civil rights in Iowa. Her landmark birth images, the Divided Child photograph, and coverage for the Junior League underscored social change, while personal trials shaped her pursue of meaningful photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Liffring
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Art Heusinkveld
America
Des Moines Register
Picture
Look
Life Magazines
Liffring-Zug
Elizabeth Mays
Junior League
Cedar Rapids
Heusinkveld
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
John Zug
Penfield Press
Iowa City
Zug
Cedar
Joan Liffring-Zug