wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Record Group
Identifier: wa00013
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Betty Jean Furgerson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract
Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.
Dates:
1921-2010
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Jane Burleson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0340
Abstract
Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.
Dates:
1931-1998
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
Mary C. Neuhauser papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0455
Abstract
Democrat who served four terms in the Iowa House and one four-year term in the Senate (1986-1998).
Dates:
1968-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0159
Abstract
Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.
Dates:
1977-1997
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