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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

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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African American women 14
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Women 4
Women -- Political activity 4
Women -- Societies and clubs 4
Women in public life 4
Women lawyers 4
Race relations 3
Video recordings 3
1961-1970 2
20th century 2
African Americans 2
Black Hawk County (Iowa) 2
Civil rights workers 2
College teachers 2
Community activists 2
Des Moines (Iowa) 2
Keokuk (Iowa) 2
Race discrimination 2
Racism 2
Singers 2
Social workers 2
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Women in community development 2
Women's rights 2
2001-2010 1
African American graduate students 1
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Bisexuals 1
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Cedar Falls (Iowa) 1
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Names
University of Iowa 5
Drake University 2
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 2
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 2
Lemme, Helen 2
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Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Atkinson, Edith Reed, 1919-2000 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Berry, Jean, 1938- 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Corning, Joy, 1932- 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
Des Moines Area Community College 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
Eichacker, Lois H. (1932-2018) 1
Estes, Simon 1
Garman, Teresa, 1937- 1
Gentleman, Julia (1931-) 1
Gregerson, Mary Pat, 1938- 1
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 1
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 1
Harper, Mattie 1
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 1
Helen Lemme Elementary School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Helen Lemme Reading Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Hoffmann-Bright, Betty, 1921- 1
Iowa Commission for Senior Citizens 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
Iowa's Women Legislators Oral Histories (Project) 1
Iowa. General Assembly 1
Jones, Leah A., 1965- 1
Juilliard School 1
Kansas City Art Institute 1
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 1
Lemme family 1
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 1
Lonergan, Joyce, 1934- 1
McElroy, Lillian M., 1917- 1
Metcalf, Janet, 1935- 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Metz, Katheryn Clancy 1
Miller, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Ruby), 1905-1988 1
Muhanji, Cherry (1939-) 1
Mullins, Sue B., 1936- 1
Networking Together, Inc. 1
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 1
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 1
O'Halloran, Mary T., 1943- 1
Orr, Joann, 1923-2017 1
Quad Cities Council on Human Rights 1
Reed, Cecil A. 1
Sargisson, Hallie, 1907- 1
Schwengel, Fred, 1907-1993 1
Scott, Jacqueline 1
Shivvers, Vera, 1897-1990 1
Smith, Joan H., 1926- 1
Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization 1
State University of Iowa 1
Svoboda, Jane, 1944- 1
Svoboda, Linda 1
Tangen, May, 1905-1983 1
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 1
Thompson, Patricia L., 1927- 1
Torrence Laughlin, Janis, 1926-2014 (1926-2014) 1
United Sisters of Black Hawk County (Iowa) 1
University of Iowa Alumni Association 1
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 1
University of Northern Iowa 1
Van Alstine, Percie, 1905- 1
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Veterans Administration Hospital (Knoxville, Iowa) 1
Wick, Kathlyn M., 1903- 1
Women Against Racism 1
Women Against Racism Committee (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Women Against Racism Conference 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Black Hawk County (Iowa) 1
Zastrow, Katherine Mull Falvey, 1904-1997 1
Zimmerman, Jo Ann (1936-2019) 1
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