wa00005. Jewish Women
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
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.
Ruth Salzmann Becker papers
Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.
Marlene Booth Papers
Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.
Rosalie Braverman papers
Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.
Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers
Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.
Gertrude Cohen papers
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.
Louise Goldman papers
Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.
Mildred H. Lavin papers
Professor in instructional design and outreach education at the University of Iowa's College of Education.
Arrangement
9 audiocassettes shelved in audiocassette collection.
Joan Lipsky papers
Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories
Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.
Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers
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.
Greenberg Family papers
Des Moines, Iowa community activist whose husband, Don D. Alt served as a State House Representative.
Sara Markovitz Strauss papers
An Iowa City resident and University of Iowa alum who emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1921.
May Brodbeck papers
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.
Jim Sherman papers
Lay leader’s collection of eulogies for Shaare Zion Synagogue and Congregation Beth Shalom in Sioux City, Iowa.
Elizabeth Cohn papers
Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Waterloo, Iowa.
Lillian Brodkey papers
National educator for the American Zionist Youth Commission during WWII and local Jewish and communnity activist in Sioux City, Iowa.
Blanche Redman papers
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.
Judith Brodkey papers
Feminist and public health professional in Portland, Oregon.
Lois Novitsky Friedman papers
Community activist within the Jewish communities in Sioux City, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.