About the Author

Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret has worked for over 60 years in photography including nature photographs, photographs she took herself of the birth of her first son in 1951, and of people involved in the 1960s civil rights struggles in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joan was elected into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. She has contributed over a million negatives to the Historical Society of Iowa. Joan has worked in the publishing field for over 30 years producing books and cookbooks of ethnic interest, state, historical, and local books. She is the publisher of Penfield Books.