IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
ZELDA BABCOCK WOLFE
(1901-1995)
MEMOIRS, undated
1 volume
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 331) were donated
by Charles Wolfe in 1995. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rassbach, 1997.
[WolfeZelda.doc] |
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Biography
Zelda Babcock was born just south of Farnhamville,
Iowa, in 1901. After graduating from
high school, Babcock received a four-year scholarship to the college of her
choice. She attended the State
University of Iowa, (now the University of Iowa), in Iowa City, Iowa. She left the university when her parents
could no longer help her with expenses and began her teaching career at a
school six miles from town. Soon after
she started teaching, Babcock married Ralph Wolfe. In 1929, they moved to Riceville, Iowa, where Wolfe found a job
at Pleasant Hill School and continued to teach. She stopped teaching for seventeen years to raise her children,
but returned to work for a time to help earn money for the family.
Wolfe died in 1995 at the age of 94.
Scope and
Content Note
The Zelda Babcock Wolfe memoirs are
undated and consist of one volume containing Wolfe’s memoirs along with
photocopied reproductions of photographs of Wolfe and her family. In her memoirs, she talks about growing up
on the farm, bouts with diphtheria, and other family events.
SCVF Description
Folder 1 Wolfe,
Zelda Babcock