Betty Mae Page correspondence
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0281
Scope and Contents
The Betty Mae Page correspondence dates from 1969 to 1996 and consists of 4 items. The correspondents are Governor Robert ray; Melvin Synhorst, Secretary of the State of Iowa; Governor Terry Brandstad; and Betty Mae Page herself. The correspondence from Ray and Synhorst relate to the appointment of Page to two terms on the Governor's Commission onthe Status of Women. The letter from Branstad is one of congratulations for Page having been selected as a recipient of an award for outstanding volunteer service. The fourth item is a letter that Page wrote to archivist Kathryn M.Neal.
Dates
- 1969-1996
Creator
- Page, Betty Mae, 1929- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The correspondence is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Biographical / Historical
Betty Mae Page, an African-American woman from Waterloo, Iowa, served on the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 through 1972. She was also selected to receive an award for outstanding volunteer service to the state of Iowa from the Department of Human Services in 1989.
Extent
4.00 items
Abstract
Waterloo, Iowa resident who served on Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Method of Acquisition
The correspondence (donor no. 384) was donated by Betty Mae Page in 1996.
- 20th century
- African American women
- African American women -- Iowa
- Branstad, Terry E.
- Correspondence
- Equality before the law
- Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa)
- Neal, Kathryn M.
- Page, Betty Mae, 1929-
- Political participation
- Ray, Robert D., 1928-
- Sex discrimination against women
- Synhorst, Melvin
- Volunteers
- Waterloo (Iowa)
- Women -- Political activity
- Women -- Political activity
- Women lawyers
Creator
- Page, Betty Mae, 1929- (Person)
- Author
- Kristen Rassbach, 1997; Robert Jett, 1999.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
Contact:
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu