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Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Cherry Muhanji papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0366
Abstract

Writer, lesbian activist, and University of Iowa alumna.

Dates: 1984-2006

Edith Reed Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0251
Abstract

Singer and radio-script editor from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Atkinson performed in a song-and-dance act with her brothers Wallace and Cecil Reed from 1935 to 1944.

Dates: 1935-1997

Helen Lemme Reading Club records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IWA0399
Abstract

African American reading club formed in 1984 by University of Iowa graduate students.

Dates: 1984-1998

Iowa Women's Hall of Fame records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0174
Abstract

Established by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women in 1975 to recognize the contributions of Iowa women.

Dates: 1975-2010

Jacqueline Scott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0295
Abstract

Elementary schoolteacher in Keokuk, Iowa.

Dates: 1988-1997

Jean Berry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0297
Abstract

Des Moines-based artist.

Dates: 1989-2000

Leah A. Jones papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0304
Abstract

Chicago native and graduate of the University of Iowa.



Arrangement

Two folders:  folder 1 shelved in SCVF;  folder 2 shelved in map case.

Dates: 1983-1997

Lemme Family papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0260
Abstract

Traces the family history of Helen Lemme, a civil rights activist who was named Iowa City's first Woman of the Year in 1955.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1970-1998

Lois H. Eichacker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0255
Abstract

Fort Madison civic leader and former president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board.

Dates: 1905-2006

Marguerite Cothorn papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0402
Abstract

Social worker and political activist, who served on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission from 1983 to 1984.

Dates: 1928-1995

May Tangen papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0895
Abstract

University of Iowa librarian who moved to Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.



Arrangement

Three folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1961-1982

Ruth Bluford Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0159
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.

Dates: 1977-1997

United Sisters of Black Hawk County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0315
Abstract

Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.

Dates: 1984-1996

Women Against Racism Committee (Iowa City, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0364
Abstract

Multiethnic group founded in 1981 by women from the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1981-1998

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