wa00004/wa00004.3. Oral Histories
Record Group Term
Identifier: wa00004/wa00004.3
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Edna Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Dates:
1948-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Inés García papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0467
Abstract
Mexican American whose family migrated to the U.S., and eventually to Iowa, in the early twentieth century.
Dates:
1916-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Magdalen Meade papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0648
Abstract
Iowa farm woman and political organizer who was active in Roxanne Conlin's gubernatorial campaign in 1982.
Dates:
1891-1992
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Maria Mercedes Aguilera papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0558
Abstract
Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Rock Island, Illinois.
Dates:
1950-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives