wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Record Group
Identifier: wa00013
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Mary Louise Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract
First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
1925-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Maude Esther White papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract
Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.
Dates:
1957-1996
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
Shirley M. Sandage papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0318
Abstract
Mason City, Iowa-born civil rights activist, United States field representative for the Christian Children's Fund and director of program development for the National Organization on Disability.
Dates:
1927-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives