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wa00005. Jewish Women

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00005

Found in 54 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

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

Marlene Booth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0447
Abstract

Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1951- 2009

Rosalie Braverman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0259
Abstract

Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.

Dates: 1929-2010

Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract

Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.

Dates: 1949-1998

Gertrude Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.

Dates: 1964-1991

Louise Goldman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0307
Abstract

Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1997

Mildred H. Lavin papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31858073189528]
Identifier: IWA0158
Abstract

Professor in instructional design and outreach education at the University of Iowa's College of Education.



Arrangement

9 audiocassettes shelved in audiocassette collection.

Dates: 1942 - 2015

Joan Lipsky papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0071
Abstract

Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Dates: 1880-2015

A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Dates: 1988-1993

Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0334
Abstract

Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.

Dates: 1896-1986

Greenberg Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0830
Abstract

Des Moines, Iowa community activist whose husband, Don D. Alt served as a State House Representative.

Dates: 1918-1975

Sara Markovitz Strauss papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0836
Abstract

An Iowa City resident and University of Iowa alum who emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1921.

Dates: 1912-1970

May Brodbeck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0890
Abstract

Professor of philosophy who served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties at the University of Iowa from 1974-1983.

Dates: 1917- 2012

Jim Sherman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0897
Abstract

Lay leader’s collection of eulogies for Shaare Zion Synagogue and Congregation Beth Shalom in Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1986-1998

Elizabeth Cohn papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0967
Abstract

Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Waterloo, Iowa.

Dates: 1920-1987

Lillian Brodkey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0975
Abstract

National educator for the American Zionist Youth Commission during WWII and local Jewish and communnity activist in Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1935-2015

Blanche Redman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0971
Abstract

English professor and poet active in the Quad Cities writers’ community who as chairman of Iowa AAUW located dozens of WPA murals throughout the state.

Dates: 1921-1994

Judith Brodkey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0964
Abstract

Feminist and public health professional in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1977-2016

Lois Novitsky Friedman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0978
Abstract

Community activist within the Jewish communities in Sioux City, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.

Dates: 1929-2007