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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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0545
Abstract
The group formed in 1956 to help elect Democratic candidates.
Dates:
1956-1977
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Church Women United in Iowa records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0003
Democratic Activist Women's Network, District 1 records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0602
Abstract
Organization created to recruit, educate, and elect Democratic women to public office in Iowa.
Dates:
1981-2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
ERA Iowa 1992 records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0305
Abstract
Grassroots campaign initiated in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1991 to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa constitution in the 1992 election.
Dates:
1980-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0175
Abstract
The records include publications, legislative correspondence and the Write Women Back into History essays of middle and high school students in Iowa.
Dates:
1977-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa ERA Coalition records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0011
Abstract
Organization to promote passage of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa and United States constitutions.
Dates:
1916-1981
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0018
Abstract
Grassroots organization opposed to Iowa's ratification of the ERA to the Iowa and United States constitutions.
Dates:
1972-1980
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa Women's Political Caucus records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0019
Abstract
Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.
Dates:
1972-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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, 1943-2001 (box 18)
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Dates:
1917-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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:
1920-2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Des Moines records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0243
Abstract
This non-partisan group studied and acted upon the many local issues including the following: the council-manager form of city government, home rule for local and county government, reapportionment of legislative districts of the Iowa General Assembly, desegregation and integration of Des Moines public schools, and the need for affordable housing in the community.
Dates:
1936-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
League of Women Voters of Sioux City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule...
Dates:
1978-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
National Organization for Women, Des Moines Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0014
National Organization for Women, Dubuque Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0223
Abstract
The group was formed in 1973. The purpose of the group was to improve and expand the role of women in society and it supported the Equal Rights Amendment, safe and legal abortion among other issues.
Dates:
1973-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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