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Autobiographical Sketches of Rural Iowa Women

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0407
Abstract

Reminiscences of Iowa Farm Bureau women donated to the Rural Women's Project.



Arrangement

Four folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1998-1999

Beverly Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract

Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.

Dates: 1856-2001

Carol Hodne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0488
Abstract

Iowa farm activist who served as the first executive director of the North American Farm Alliance during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

Dates: 1921-2005

Denise O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.

Dates: 1964-2007

Donna Schmidt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0856
Abstract

University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa

Dates: 1938-2010

Elizabeth Buckwalter papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0916
Abstract

Diaries of farm and family life written by Elizabeth Buckwalter and her daughter Mary Jane Buckwalter in Scott County, Iowa from 1867-1878.

Dates: 1817-2013

Ericka Peterson-Dana papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0670
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist in Poweshiek County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

Faye T. Wookey papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0699
Abstract

Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

Irene Hoover papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0472
Abstract

Farmwoman, 4-H leader, and volunteer who was active in the Farm Bureau and the Master Farm Homemakers Guild.

Dates: 1923-2001

Janette Ryan-Busch papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0675
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist from Johnson County, Iowa.

Dates: 1989-2006

Lillian Ronk papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0503
Abstract

West Central Iowa farmwoman known locally as 'the flower lady.'

Dates: 1966-2000

Mahaska County Farm Bureau Women's Committee records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0429
Abstract

Women's division of the local Farm Bureau.



Arrangement

4 folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1929-2002

Margaret Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0369
Abstract

Farm woman, teacher, and recipient of the Master Farm Homemaker award in 1970.

Dates: 1929-2001

Marie Rumble papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0505
Abstract

A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.

Dates: 1890-2002

Marjorie Vandervelde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0375
Abstract

Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.

Dates: 1837-2008

Martha Jean Nicholson Browneller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0804
Abstract

Mahaska County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and rural organizations. She recorded her daily activities in her diaries between 1935 and 1973.

Dates: 1920-2010

Muscatine Migrant Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract

Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.

Dates: 1962-2005

Myrtle Keppy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0480
Abstract

Champion hog breeder, farm woman, 4-H leader, and president of the Iowa Porkettes.

Dates: 1926-2009

Rose Stoops papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0542
Abstract

Teacher, farm woman and nurse who later participated in many community organizations in Grinnell, Iowa.

Dates: 1916-2004

Thelma Petersen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0567
Abstract

Diaries of homemaker from Kirkman, Iowa.

Dates: 1926-2003

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Names
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 3
Hodne, Carol 2
Mahaska County Farm Bureau. Women's Committee 2
Rural Women's Project (University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives) 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
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American Association of University Women 1
Anderson, Marilyn 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Barker, Patti 1
Bevin, Nancy 1
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 1
Blunt, Dorothy 1
Bollin, Kathy 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Buckwalter, Elizabeth, 1817-1886 1
Buckwalter, Mary Jane, 1852- 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Cadena, Juan 1
Cadena, Marta 1
Carney, Lloyd 1
Carney, Velma, 1907-2004 1
Christensen, Naomi 1
Easton, Elsie 1
Eddy, Pat 1
Elliott, Wende 1
Embree, Wilma 1
England, Artis 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Fae Ridge Farm (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Faga, Linda 1
Farthing, Carol 1
Fisher, Gladys 1
Garst, Liz 1
Garst, Mary 1
Grabner, Barbara 1
Gradwell, Shelley 1
Griffieon, LaVon 1
Grinnell College 1
Grinnell Historical Museum (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Grinnell Tuesday Club (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Hansen, Betty 1
Harris, Briana 1
Harris, Larry 1
Hoover, Irene (1907-2001) 1
Horsley, Jess 1
Horsley, Maureen 1
Iglesias, Marvel 1
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 1
Iowa Farmers Union 1
Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild 1
Iowa Mothers Association 1
Iowa Organic Growers and Buyers Association 1
Iowa Porkettes 1
Iowa State University 1
Iowa State University. Library 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Jacobsma, Irma 1
Jesina, Sheryl 1
Johnson, Margaret, 1915- 1
Johnson, Ursula 1
Keppy, Myrtle, 1924-2009 1
Kirschman, Fred 1
Lauter, Laura 1
Linn, Martha 1
Ludwigs, Doris 1
Mills family 1
Mills, Ernest 1
Mills, Glenn 1
Mirich, Pearl Rumble 1
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 1
Muscatine Migrant Committee 1
National Family Farm Coalition (U.S.) 1
National Farmers Organization (U.S.) 1
National Farmers' Union (U.S.) 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
Newberg, Lois 1
Nicholson, Homer 1
Nicholson, Irma 1
North American Farm Alliance 1
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company 1
Oetken, Randy 1
Organic Consumers Association 1
Oskaloosa High School (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
P.E.O. Sisterhood 1
Petersen, Archie 1
Petersen, Hans 1
Petersen, Katie, 1874-1972 1
Petersen, Thelma, 1909- 1
Peterson-Dana, Ericka 1
Puttmann, Sally, 1936- 1
Rhines, Ilo 1
Ronk, Lillian, 1922- 1
Ronk, Murlyn 1
Rumble, Edna 1
Rumble, Marie, 1894-1974 1
Ryan-Busch, Janette, 1955- 1
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