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Clubwoman and conservationist involved in the Council of National Defense Women's Committee during World War I.

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State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.

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Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)

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Professor and former dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

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Two books that mention Felton and her achievements in nursing are filed in the printed work collection of the Iowa Women's Archives: Complete in All Its Parts: Nursing Education at the University of Iowa, 1898-1998 by Lee Anderson and Kathy Penningroth (1998) and The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1864-1994 by M. Elizabeth Carnegie (1995).

Scope and Contents The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently belonged to classmate Kay Myer depicts candid photographs of nursing students with patients at Fort Sam Houston in 1921. It also includes photographs of Neta Andrews at her Army School of Nursing Graduation in 1921 An Army Red Cross yearbook gives details on individual army nurses in 1921 as well as photographs and information on various Army hospital bases throughout the United States in that same year. The yearbook includes information about Army bases in Fort Dodge and Des Moines, Iowa and brief descriptions of Army...

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My Story describes Block's training as a nurse, family life, her employment off and on the farm, and her activities in Benton County, Iowa.

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One folder, shelved in SCVF.

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Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.

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Nursing administrator and first African-American public health nurse in Iowa.

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Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

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The first licensed out-of-hospital birth center in Iowa, specializing in nurse-midwifery.

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Nurse educator and scholar.

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Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.

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Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

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Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

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Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.

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Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

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The Iowa League for Nursing's efforts have included active participation in community planning and action for health care, advocating changes such as home health care. The organization made efforts to assure the continuing supply of nurses by providing them with the educational opportunities to reach their maximum career potential, ability to move into management and leadership positions, and promoting a greater public appreciation of nursing as a profession.

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World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

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Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.

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Writer, performer, volunteer, and nurse in Iowa City.

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Nurse adminstrator and professor, the daughter of Finnish immigrants.

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Oral history. Japanese-American nurse who was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.