wa00013. Women, Politics, and the Law
Record Group
Identifier: wa00013
Found in 17 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
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Beverly A. Hannon papers
Iowa Women's Political Caucus records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0019
Abstract
Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.
Dates:
1972-1999
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
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Jo Ann Zimmerman papers
Johnson County ERA Coalition records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0138
Abstract
Organized in Iowa City to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution of the state of Iowa.
Arrangement "New Strategies, Old Obstacles in the Fight for Equality: An Analysis of the 1992 Iowa ERA Referendum Campaign," is shelved in the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection (fHQ.1236.5.U6 F45 1993).
Arrangement "New Strategies, Old Obstacles in the Fight for Equality: An Analysis of the 1992 Iowa ERA Referendum Campaign," is shelved in the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection (fHQ.1236.5.U6 F45 1993).
Dates:
1984-1993
League of Women Voters of Iowa records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0020
Abstract
State-level branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues. Arrangement 1971 Accession, 1917 to 1991 (boxes 1-61)
Local leagues, 1939-1970 (boxes 1-5,19-32)
Administrative, 1920-1968 (boxes 6-16)
National, 1934-1966 (boxes 16-17)
Iowa Voter,...
Dates:
1917-2001
League of Women Voters of Johnson County records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0021
Abstract
Local branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues.
Dates:
1920-
League of Women Voters of Mount Vernon-Lisbon records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0205
Abstract
The league has been involved in various projects and studies throughout its history, reflecting changing political issues while maintaining a core concern for the community of Mount Vernon.
Dates:
1948-1996
League of Women Voters of Muscatine records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0636
Abstract
During the 1980s and 1990s, the LWV of Muscatine conducted a number of studies on Muscatine county issues, including the ambulance 911 system, law enforcement, county courthouse space needs, alternative forms of county government, housing, education, land use, hazardous waste, local option tax, the U.S. Highway 61 Bypass, and the Muscatine fire station.
Dates:
1943-2000
Linda Kinney Neuman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0532
Abstract
Served for over twenty years in the Iowa judiciary and was the first woman to be appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Dates:
1975-2003
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Linda Kinney Neuman papers
Louise Goldman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0307
Abstract
Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.
Dates:
1933-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Louise Goldman papers
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
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Mary C. Neuhauser papers
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
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Mary Louise Smith papers
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
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Maude Esther White papers
Polk County Women Attorneys records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0219
Abstract
Association to promote the professional growth of women in the law.
Dates:
1986-1995
Roxanne Barton Conlin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0005
Abstract
Attorney and political activist who co-founded the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and was appointed Federal Prosecutor in 1977.
Arrangement Personal, 1970-1996 and undated (boxes 1 and 2).
Professional, 1969-1995 and undated (boxes 2-44)
Arrangement Personal, 1970-1996 and undated (boxes 1 and 2).
Professional, 1969-1995 and undated (boxes 2-44)
Dates:
1969-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Roxanne Barton Conlin papers
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
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Ruth Hamilton papers
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; 1964-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Shirley M. Sandage papers