Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018)
Dates
- Existence: 1928 - 2018
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Audio recording, August 21, 2019
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator and ambassador Mary Kramer about her legislative service, balancing political office with a career in business, the role of gender in politics, and the rise of identity politics.
Betty Mae Page papers
Waterloo, Iowa resident who served on Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women (Iowa) records
The Commission addressed issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), abortion reform, daycare, equal pay for equal work, and sex discrimination in employment, insurance, and education. At the end of 1970, the GCSW reported two major legislative accomplishments: the passage of no-fault divorce laws and the addition of sex to the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965.
Mary Louise Smith papers
First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Transcript, August 21, 2019
Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator and ambassador Mary Kramer about her legislative service, balancing political office with a career in business, the role of gender in politics, and the rise of identity politics.
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- Correspondence 2
- Des Moines (Iowa) 2
- Equal rights amendments 2
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- Political participation 2
- Sex discrimination against women 2
- Sound recordings 2
- Speeches 2
- Women politicians--Iowa 2
- 1961-1970 1
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- 2001-2010 1
- Administrative records 1
- African American women 1
- African American women -- Iowa 1
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- Christmas cards 1
- Civil rights 1
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- Drug abuse 1
- Elections 1
- Equality before the law 1
- Federal government 1
- Iowa 1
- Iowa City (Iowa) 1
- No-fault divorce 1
- Oral histories 1
- Pacifism 1
- Panama 1
- Pay equity 1
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- Political parties 1
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- Polk County (Iowa) 1
- Pro-choice movement 1
- Religious right 1
- Right and left (Political science) 1
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- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Waterloo (Iowa) 1
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