wa00012. Women and War
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Ottilie "Otty" Blodi papers
Austrian-born immigrant who served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and was one of the first Americans granted permission to marry an Austrian after the war.
Pauline Lyon papers
Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.
Peg Mullen papers
Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.
Arrangement
Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.
Proteus Club (Des Moines) records
Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.
Roberta Pendleton papers
Sioux City, Iowa resident who was a WAVE during World War II.
Rosalie Braverman papers
Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.
Rosemary Tharp papers
Cedar Falls native who served in the WAVES during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Ruth Wilson papers
Journalist who worked for the Stars and Stripes in postwar Europe.
Sue M. Reed papers
Republican Party activist and officer of Iowa and National Federations of Republican Women, 1950s-1970s.
Thelma B. Lewis papers
Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary records
Booklet: "Fifty Years of Growth and Service: Ladies Auxiliary to the Department of Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1929-1979."
War Brides of World War II papers
1995 honors thesis of University of Iowa undergraduate student, Rachel Casteel.
Welch and Angrick Collection
Material relating to the Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls, The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps.
Zella May Gerber papers
A secretary who worked in Alaska in 1943 and at the Oak Ridge Atomic Plant in Tennessee from 1944 to 1945.