wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Record Group
Identifier: wa00013
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Beverly A. Hannon papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0065
Abstract
Two-term Iowa state senator. Hannon chaired the Human Resources Committee and was instrumental in founding the Iowa Women's Foundation in Iowa City.
Dates:
1968-2015
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Janet Shipton papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0264
Abstract
Political activist and Johnson County, Iowa, supervisor who was the daughter of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
Dates:
1936-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Jo Ann Zimmerman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0351
Abstract
Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.
Dates:
1958-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Kim Landhuis papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0236
Abstract
Native of Vietnam who became a teacher, school board member, and 1994 candidate for the Iowa senate.
Dates:
1943-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Louise Goldman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0307
Abstract
Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.
Dates:
1933-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Vera Shivvers papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0464
Abstract
Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.
Dates:
1914-1990
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives