wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) records
The group formed in 1956 to help elect Democratic candidates.
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus records
Organized in 1973, members supported a number of feminist initiatives including economic equalty and the ERA.
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution records
Organization formed to work for passage of Iowa state ERA.
Cecile Cooper papers
Clinton County Women's Political Caucus records
Local branch of the Iowa Women's Political Caucus.
Dorothy Carpenter papers
Republican who served in Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
Elaine Szymoniak papers
Iowa State senator, Des Moines City Council member, and hearing and speech consultant.
Elizabeth Shaw papers
Iowa state legislator from 1967 to 1977.
Arrangement
Topical files, arranged alphabetically, boxes 1-22; correspondence, boxes 23-30.
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women records
Legislative commission designed to study, protect, and advocate for the women of Iowa.
Iowa ERA Coalition records
Organization to promote passage of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa and United States constitutions.
Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment records
Grassroots organization opposed to Iowa's ratification of the ERA to the Iowa and United States constitutions.
Iowa Women's Equality Campaign records
The organization formed in 1992 to work for passage of the state ERA in Iowa.
Iowa Women's Political Caucus records
Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.
Jane Christoffer Rubel papers
High school bascketball player who sued the Iowa Girl's High School Athletic Union to be allowed to play on the school team after becoming pregnant.
Janis Torrence Laughlin papers
Muscatine County Supervisor from 1976 to 1982 and Representative in the Iowa Legislature from 1983 to 1985.
Kathleen Halloran Chapman papers
Attorney and Democrat who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1983 to 1992 and again in 1996.
League of Women Voters, Cedar Rapids-Marion records
The Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters (LWV) played an active part in the civic life of the greater Cedar Rapids area. During the period covered by this collection, the Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters focused on the problems of high school dropouts in the Cedar Rapids school system and the lack of affordable housing in the area.
League of Women Voters, Sioux City records
Lena Belle Bock papers
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964.
Linda Kinney Neuman papers
Served for over twenty years in the Iowa judiciary and was the first woman to be appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.