Jewish Women in Iowa
Subject
Subject Source: Iwa
Found in 14 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.
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.
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.
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Gertrude Cohen papers
Joan Lipsky papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0071
Abstract
Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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.
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.
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marlene Booth Papers
Ohsman-Berg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1025
Overview
Letters, photographs, and papers of an extended Jewish family that emigrated from Eastern Europe to Iowa in the nineteenth century.
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Oliver Pollak papers