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Stephanie Wright received the 2024 Gertrude Rush Award on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Her speech was about perseverance— a principle embraced by Gertrude Rush, Iowa's first Black female attorney. Stephanie details her perseverance to have her name included in the book “History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (1882-2020).” She tells why her name was left out, who left her name out, and how she got her name back into the history book. She shares how divine intervention brought her to the attention of a New York Times reporter and the publication of her story, "A Retired Prosec&t=48sutor's Quest for Recognition." She concludes with statements on the importance of doing the right thing to set the record straight.

The video of this speech can be seen on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhNRpk-nlo
and includes the following facts:
1. Stephanie's name was included in the second publication of the “History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (1882-2000) but not in the third publication referenced above. 2. Fagg v. Holder Case No. 5:12cv4029 (N.D. Iowa December 12, 2013). 3. All Northern District of Iowa Historical Society meeting minutes can be accessed online. 4. Specific Historical Society minutes referenced are March 6, 2019, in paragraph 5. One hundred History Books cost approximately $5000. Some library funds may have been used for publication (Historical Society Minutes March 10, 2021, paragraph 2g.)

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