IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
ERIN ROLLENHAGEN
PAPERS, 1994-1995
1 linear inch
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 291) were donated
by Erin Rollenhagen in 1995. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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ARTIFACTS: |
»In box 1. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
»Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
»In folder 1. |
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PROCESSED
BY: |
Your name, year»Kristen Rassbach, 1997. |
Biography
As
an eighth-grader in Ames Middle School in Ames, Iowa, Erin Rollenhagen spoke
out against sexism in her school. In
response to the Hooters restaurant t-shirts the boys in her school were
wearing, which showed an owl whose eyes resembled women's breasts and the words
"More than a Mouthful" written on the back, Rollenhagen and several
friends created their own parody t-shirts, "Cocks--Nothing to Crow
About," with the graphic of a rooster on the front. Several of the Ames students were suspended
when they refused to turn the "Cocks" shirts inside-out while they
are at school. Eventually both shirts
were banned from the school, and the suspended students were allowed back to
school. The incident received national
attention and Rollenhagen was asked to write an account for Seventeen magazine.
Scope and Content Note
The Erin Rollenhagen papers date from 1994 to 1995 and measure 1 linear inch. The collection contains photographs, newspaper
clippings, correspondence, and one of the t-shirts from Rollenhagen's campaign
against sexist t-shirts in their school.
Several drafts of the article Rollenhagen wrote about the incident for Seventeen magazine are also included.