Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

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

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

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.

World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

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

Jewish immigrant who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939 and settled in Mount Vernon, Iowa

Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

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

Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

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