wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Record Group
Identifier: wa00013
Found in 5 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
Gertrude Cohen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.
Dates:
1964-1991
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
Ruth Hamilton papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0192
Abstract
Teacher and world traveler who served in the New Hampshire legislature.
Dates:
1895-2008
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Sonja Larsen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0439
Abstract
Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.
Dates:
1977-1982
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives