wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Betty Jean Furgerson papers
Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.
Dorothy Carpenter papers
Republican who served in Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
Jane Burleson papers
Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.
Jo Ann Zimmerman papers
Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.
Kim Landhuis papers
Native of Vietnam who became a teacher, school board member, and 1994 candidate for the Iowa senate.
Mary C. Neuhauser papers
Democrat who served four terms in the Iowa House and one four-year term in the Senate (1986-1998).
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers
Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.
Ruth Hamilton papers
Teacher and world traveler who served in the New Hampshire legislature.