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A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories
Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract
Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.
Dates:
1988-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ada Mae Brown Brinton memoir
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0708
Abstract
In Sunshine and Rain in Iowa: Reminiscing through 86 Years, Brinton reflects on rural Iowa, hard work, church traditions, and the love of family and community.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1977
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Alice Kipp papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0492
Abstract
The papers include Kipp's reminiscence of her childhood on an Iowa farm.
Dates:
1986-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Alma Erickson Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0454
Abstract
Swedish farm woman whose three children became academics during the 1930s and 1940s.
Dates:
1897-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Almira Ames Farnham papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0105
Abstract
Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1896
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0068
Alpha Evans papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0605
Abstract
Rural middle school teacher who chaired the Iowa committee to revise teacher standards in the 1970s.
Dates:
1977-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Amelia McNeill papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0647
Abstract
Farm woman who served as secretary of Monona Co. Rural Electrification Association for more than 20 years.
Dates:
1929-1971
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Anita Crawford papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0599
Abstract
Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.
Dates:
1939-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Arlene Gardner Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0411
Abstract
Rural Mt. Ayr, Iowa woman who worked in local homes as a washerwoman and housekeeper.
Dates:
ca. 1912-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0588
Abstract
Eastern Iowa women's study and social club.
Dates:
1903-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Augusta Gustafson Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0072
Abstract
Swedish immigrant who moved to Iowa in 1889. (In Swedish with English translations.)
Dates:
1884-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Autobiographical Sketches of Rural Iowa Women
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0407
Abstract
Reminiscences of Iowa Farm Bureau women donated to the Rural Women's Project.
Arrangement Four folders, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement Four folders, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1998-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Barbara Fassbinder papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0410
Abstract
Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.
Dates:
1958-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ben F. Jensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0147
Abstract
U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, subject files, legislative records, and speeches relating to his career in the Congress.
Dates:
1939-1964
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Bertha Hedges papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0846
Abstract
A talented seamstress and milliner, Bertha Gotter Hedges was born in Greene County, Iowa, in 1887.
Dates:
1870-2014
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Bess Newcomer papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0663
Abstract
Appanoose County farmwoman, columnist, and Farm Bureau officer.
Dates:
1936-1978
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Best Ever Club (Percival, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0179
Abstract
A women's study club in Percival, Iowa that was founded in 1922.
Dates:
1929-1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Beulah Wiederrecht papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0508
Abstract
Correspondence between Wapello farm woman and two Polish families after World War II.
Dates:
1946-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Bridging the Generations Exhibit: Master Farm Homemakers Guild records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0589
Abstract
This exhibit was created by the Master Farm Homemakers Guild to publicize their history in Iowa.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1992-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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