wa00008. Nineteenth Century Women
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Rose Ettinger papers
Concert singer who toured Europe from 1897 to 1907.
Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers
The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Cora Eversmeyer papers
The daughter of a German immigrant who was born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Iowa.
Almira Ames Farnham papers
Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Charlotte Faxon papers
Teacher who traveled widely during the Civil War period.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Daughters of Ceres (Walnut and Webster, Iowa) records
Walnut and Webster chapter records of this social and benevolent club comprised of farmwomen.
Georgia Peeso Haygarth papers
Includes diaries of Georgia Peeso Haygarth of Spencer, Iowa and of her father, Melvin Moses Peeso, who was a logger in California.
Catherine Snedeker Hill papers
Illinois student who moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Effie Hoffman Rogers papers
Reporter and city editor for Oskaloosa's Globe Press later elected Grand supreme chapter president of the PEO sisterhood.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Ida "Belle" Bandfield Holden papers
Schoolteacher in the Waterloo area at the turn of the century.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Rosa Knutson Gangestad papers
The daughter of Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872. Reflections on pioneer life through handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren.
Ann Larimer Papers
Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Kate Martinson papers
Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Stella M. Mason papers
Physician and surgeon who practiced in Mason City, Iowa, and was also active in the women's sufffrage movement.
Mary Sears McHenry papers
Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers
Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.
Arrangement
One item, shelved in SCVF.
Florinda Wakefield More papers
Correspondence from friends, family and her husband, the itinerant minister Thomas More.
Ellen Mowrer Miller papers
Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.
Elvira Gaston Platt papers
Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.