Jewish women -- Iowa
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Original heading: Jewish Women in Iowa
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
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
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract
Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.
Dates:
1949-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers
Gertrude Cohen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.
Dates:
1964-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Gertrude Cohen papers
Harris Scheer Berg family papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1040
Overview
Letters, photographs, and papers of an extended Jewish family that emigrated from Russia to Iowa in the nineteenth century.
Dates:
1869-2018
Joan Lipsky papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0071
Abstract
Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Dates:
1880-2015
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Joan Lipsky papers
Louise Goldman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0307
Abstract
Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.
Dates:
1933-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Louise Goldman papers
Louise Rosenfield Noun papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0035
Abstract
Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa, who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
1926-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Louise Rosenfield Noun papers
Marlene Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0447
Abstract
Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1951- 2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marlene Booth Papers
Ohsman-Berg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1025
Overview
Two generations of career women and homemakers in a Cedar Rapids family.
Dates:
1900-2018
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Ohsman-Berg Family Papers
Oliver Pollak papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1036
Overview
A collection of cookbooks and documents from Jewish women’s organizations in Iowa.
Dates:
1890 - 2017
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Oliver Pollak papers
Rosalie Braverman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0259
Abstract
Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.
Dates:
1929-2010
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Rosalie Braverman papers
Ruth Salzmann Becker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract
Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.
Dates:
1858-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Ruth Salzmann Becker papers
Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0334
Abstract
Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.
Dates:
1896-1986
Suzi Kaiman Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1028
Overview
Family- and community-oriented Jewish woman from Sioux City, Iowa.
Dates:
1907-2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Suzi Kaiman Papers